{"id":7924,"date":"2025-08-13T19:58:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7924"},"modified":"2025-08-13T19:58:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:58:30","slug":"meteor-shower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7924","title":{"rendered":"Meteor Shower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I went out searching for meteors as part of the<span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\"><strong> Perseids Showers<\/strong><\/span>. Gradually as my eyes adjusted I caught a couple of flashes in the sky then I had a couple of flare like meteors directly over my head that illuminated the sky. Finally I saw one with a long tail shoot over. Not my picture below but it was just like this one!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BN444000307516_The-Perseid-Fireball-2018-%C2%A9-Zhengye-Tang.jpg.webp?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7925\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=7925\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BN444000307516_The-Perseid-Fireball-2018-%C2%A9-Zhengye-Tang.jpg.webp?fit=1440%2C816&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,816\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BN444000307516_The-Perseid-Fireball-2018-\u00a9-Zhengye-Tang.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BN444000307516_The-Perseid-Fireball-2018-%C2%A9-Zhengye-Tang.jpg.webp?fit=584%2C331&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7925\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BN444000307516_The-Perseid-Fireball-2018-%C2%A9-Zhengye-Tang.jpg.webp?resize=584%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I went out searching for meteors as part of the Perseids Showers. 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