''We were getting cold standing in the same position for hours but we persevered and it paid off. Suddenly Perseid 297 appeared from the radiant and shot into the N through both our frames, Paul and I both yelled 'WOW!!!'' for this was a fireball. We were talking moments earlier about how great the activity was however none of us had yet seen a true fireball from the Perseids yet, then suddenly this happened. The fireball crossed the sky lasting several seconds with a long tail then ablated into a blazing diamond head which flared/flashed with green colour leaving a straight glowing ion train in its wake, it was an absolute beauty and what made it more satisfying was that we had each captured it on camera, this was our prize catch of the night. The image is at 10mm, the fireball was nicely framed entering the sky from the upper right through Draco with Vega and the MW complimenting the scene, nature even placed it nicely in the rule of thirds too, I estimate the fireball to be in the mag -7 to -8 range'' - August 12th 2015, read the report for more information. * All images are available for sale in the form of photo prints, canvas or digital files for licensing, if you are interested in a purchase simply drop me an email.

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