Last night I went outside hoping to see the Geminid Meteor Shower. We've had days of overcast skies so I wasn't expecting to see anything but a milky sky. Despite knowing it was 35 degrees Fahrenheit I only threw on a sweatshirt as I expected to turn around and come right back in when no stars were visible. Much to my happy surprise, the sky over my house was crystal clear. I used my SkyView app to locate Orion then headed to the back yard where the sight of it made me smile. I love Orion. Instinctively, I raised my cell phone to try to get a photo of it. I fired off a few shots. I could see that my phone (which is relatively new to me) was making great effort to capture the image I was challenging it to take. As I shot the photos I saw my first shooting star in my peripheral vision. It was just left of Orion. Shivering in the cold I stayed outside for 20 minutes. In that time I saw seven or eight meteors. Two were "WOW" worthy! One was wide and long. The other was a bright ball. When I came in, shivering, I was stunned by the quality of the sky image my phone had captured. This photo is best viewed on a cell phone (preferably an s20), opened from the gallery so that it fills the screen without stretching (and no white light border around it). As well, it's best to be in a totally dark room - as if you were out in the dark of night. Viewed in that way, the depth and clarity of the night sky in this photo is remarkable considering it was taken with a phone! Enjoy!

Samsung s20

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