We drove out to Rocky Mountain National Park tonight after the moon went down to watch the Geminid meteor shower. We were quite lucky to witness two fireballs, the bigger of which I managed to capture on camera! It appeared as an incredibly bright fast moving point of light followed by a streak of green lasting for perhaps 2-3 seconds. The camera captured it in the edge of its field of view but I saw it directly in front of me shooting down and towards the horizon. An absolutely amazing sight to see! Based upon what I'm reading and the apparent brightness of the fireball, personally witnessing this could be a once in a lifetime event!

For the hour or so that we spent observing the sky, we saw lots of regular meteors, often multiple in the sky at once. They moved extremely fast and lasted less than a second each. On camera, they appear to just be a very short streak of light.

I rented a Sigma 14mm f/1.8 lens from Lensrentals.com specifically for photographing the meteor shower and am quite happy I did! Photography is one of those things where you'll often hear gear doesn't matter. Well, sometimes it does matter. None of the lenses I have are physically capable of gathering enough light to capture the night sky in the way that I could with this super fast and super sharp lens!

Union Station looking good both inside and out!

Good morning Boulder County!