Canadian Geographic Photo Club - Fireball over Banff Rundle Mountain
  

Fireball over Banff Rundle Mountain

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by BrettonAbernethy from Calgary CA on 13 Jan 2015
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Taken on December 20th 2014 at 1:30AM on near Johnson Lake Banff National Park. I was composing a shot of Mt. Rundle with the roads, stars and cloud when this fireball meteor burst onto the scene stealing the show. I was in shock and awe when the event occurred. Once I regained my thoughts I remembered that I was exposing a shot. I stopped the exposure and nervously checked my preview praying that the fireball would be on the frame. Gear: Canon 5D mark III with a Zeiss 21mm 2.8 lens.

tagged: banff banff fireball bolide meteor meteor fireball meteor rundle mountain

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Dan_Duhamel posted 2015-01-26 11:41pm

Like the old saying goes..."being in the right place at the right time" definitely payed off on this one!

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Santalucia posted 2015-01-14 2:01pm

Fantastic shot Bretton. That's being ready for anything and taking advantage when it happens.

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yvan_leduc posted 2015-01-14 11:24am

I agree with Joe
What an absolutely amazing and stunning shot !!!!!!
5 stars !! a Winner this picture !!!

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Joe Young posted 2015-01-14 12:32am

What an absolutely amazing and stunning capture. Even without the meteor, this would have been an exceptional landscape shot. Awesome work!

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