NASA astronaut Ron Garan photographs Perseid meteor

[Ichingcarpenter]

........................................................................ NASA astronaut Ron Garan photographs Perseid meteor entering Earth's atmosphere...as he looked down on Earth from the International Space Station
.......... more here`...... http://twitpic.com/5yz1r2

[Graybeard]

1. Gives us a good idea of how dangerous their mission is.

What with meteors like this and space junk to be evaded. That's an amazing shot, seeing a meteor so close up.

[StandingInLeftField]

2. Wow!

Pretty amazing to see a meteor BELOW you!

[n2doc]

3. Link doesn't go to that pic

But it's cool anyway.

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. Those are his twitter photos

I think this one is in that bunch

[bananas]

7. here's the link

here's the link to that photo: http://twitpic.com/662hqp
here's his twitter feed: http://twitter.com/#!/astro_ron

[n2doc]

8. Thanks! n/t

[RT Atlanta]

5. Looks more like an Imperial Probe droid

heading through the Hoth atmosphere.... :)

[Fantastic Anarchist]

6. Thanks for posting!

Great picture!