Southern Delta Aquarids Remnant

A bright meteor slices through stars of the constellation Pisces from right-to-left around 4:38 AM, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. The meteor was part of the Southern Delta Aquarids meteor shower which peaked the night before and was bright enough to overcome city light pollution (brightness at right) to the south. This image looks SSE from Bowman Woods Park in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was shot as a 13-second exposure at f/3.5, 400 ISO and 18mm focal length. This observation session produced about 4-5 meteors per hour.