A 15 minute exposure with a Nikon F3 / 16mm lens at f2.8 on Fuji 200 asa color film. Three meteors are visible in the frame photographed at about 10:15 p.m. CDT, August 11th, 1998 on the grounds of Powell Gardens, located 35 miles east of Kansas City, Missouri, USA. A bright -1 mag meteor can be seen on the far right edge of the frame. The smaller twin, -1 mag meteors in the upper middle of the frame were seen within 30 seconds of each other. The pole star Polaris can be seen at the left for reference. (C)1998 Vic Winter/ICSTARS Astronomy.

Close-ups of the above frame show the meteors in greater detail.

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