Perseid meteors meet mesmerizing star trails over Egypt's Western Desert
Osama Fathi captured this breathtaking view of Perseids cutting through star trails from Egypt's Western Desert on Aug. 13-14.
Astrophotographer Osama Fathi captured a stunning image of Perseid meteors streaking through star trails above Egypt's Western Desert on August 13-14. The photograph, taken under dark new-moon skies, showcases the Perseid meteor shower as seen from the desert, with the meteors appearing as unbroken streaks of light against a backdrop of circling star trails.
Fathi used 240 consecutive 25-second exposures with a Sony A7 III camera and a 16-35 mm lens to create the image, which was made possible by the exceptional clarity of the night sky. He was joined by around 200 fellow astronomy enthusiasts who shared stories, stargazed, and photographed the night sky. The image combines the landscape and starscape separately before stacking the images together, resulting in a mesmerizing nightscape that highlights the beauty of Earth's rotation and the natural light show of the Perseid meteor shower.
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