2024 Pre-Peak Perseid Meteors

Series of images taken August 9 and 10, facing north-east with the Ottawa River in the foreground, and a weak aurora glowing in the north. About 35 Perseid meteors were captured, along with about ten others that were not aligned (and not shown in this image). Total capture time was about three hours. Unfortunately it was cloudy during the peak period on August 11, so these pre-peak meteors will be my contribution to the 2024 Perseid collection.

Nikon D750, Sigma 14-24 mm lens at 14 mm, ISO 6400, 10 second exposures, f2.8

Photoshop Lightroom adjustments for exposure, contrast, tint, temperature, highlights etc.

Selected one base photo and superimposed individual meteor streaks to this image, after image rotation around Polaris.