By Chuck Reinhart | 2021-08-06
![Community photo entitled by Mike Cohea on 08/07/2021 at Near Sister, Oregon, USA](https://earthsky.org/upl/gravity_forms/6-d184048789a60d766a02a8e43117298b/2021/08/20210807_SistersLapse_5I0A7032_EarthSky.jpg)
On 08/07/2021 12:12 am by Mike Cohea| Near Sister, Oregon, USA
A large and vibrant Perseid meteor streaks through the night sky above the volcanic peaks of the Three Sisters in the central #Oregon Cascade Mountains as the Milky Way looms bright.
I hiked to the summit of Black Crater at sunset. Perfect viewing conditions were quickly replaced by high winds and thick clouds that enveloped the summit and I couldn't see a foot in front of me. After 90 mins of hunkering down, the clouds cleared and the mountains, stars and meteors emerged. A few of the bigger meteors lit up the trees around me as they burned up, including the one in this photo. I had traveled from to Oregon from Rhode Island so I'm glad the conditions cleared.
Accompanying timelapse ( :06, :14 & :22 timestamps ): https://youtu.be/NPQhnpbcf9E
Canon Mark III, Canon 16-35 F2.8
Processed in Lightroom, single image.