{"id":26768,"date":"2012-08-15T19:10:28","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T19:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/08\/15\/perseid-meteor-shower-composite\/"},"modified":"2017-07-01T13:24:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T13:24:24","slug":"perseid-meteor-shower-composite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/08\/15\/perseid-meteor-shower-composite\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-26768 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/08\/15\/perseid-meteor-shower-composite\/attachment\/26769\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m8t56xVga51qbh26io1_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m8t56xVga51qbh26io1_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m8t56xVga51qbh26io1_1280-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.itsokaytobesmart.com\/post\/29490258545\/perseid-meteor-shower-composite\">jtotheizzoe<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kottke.org\/12\/08\/beautiful-view-of-the-perseids-meteor-shower\">Perseids Meteor Shower Composite<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This long exposure shot by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/davidkingham\">David Kingham<\/a> as a friendly reminder that we are orbiting the Sun at <strong>67,000 miles per hour<\/strong>, rocketing around the center of the Milky Way at <strong>490,000 miles per hour<\/strong>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=how-fast-is-the-earth-mov\">traveling towards the constellation Leo<\/a> at a blistering <strong>390 kilometers per second<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>That means that we happen to pass through the thin, dusty tails of comets long passed, like Swift-Tuttle, the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Perseids\">Perseids\u2019 source<\/a>, we shouldn\u2019t be surprised to see a few fireworks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We\u2019re really moving, folks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/kottke.org\/12\/08\/beautiful-view-of-the-perseids-meteor-shower\">kottke<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>jtotheizzoe: Perseids Meteor Shower Composite This long exposure shot by David Kingham as a friendly reminder that we are orbiting the Sun at 67,000 miles per hour, rocketing around the center of the Milky Way at 490,000 miles per hour, and traveling towards the constellation Leo at a blistering 390 kilometers per second. 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