Contemplating the Sky

Explanation: Have you contemplated your sky recently? Last night was a good one for midnight meditators at many northerly locations as meteors from the Perseid meteor shower frequently streaked through. The Perseid meteor shower has slowly been building to a crescendo but should continue to be rewarding tonight and into the week. Pictured above on August 1, a group of celestial sightseers near Quebec, Canada are treated to a dark and wondrous night sky that contained bright stars , green auroras , the band of our Milky Way galaxy , a majestic Moon rising , the International Space Station slowly gliding by , and the occasional flash of a Perseid meteor . Although no meteors were caught in this frame, the Big Dipper remained quite prominent.