Perseid Meteor Shower Watch!

On Sunday and Monday night, more than 100 campers and visitors joined Park Staff and the Friends of R. B. Winter State Park to observe the peak of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower. Partic

ipants were able to observe around a dozen or so meteors each night, with a couple of really spectacular ones eliciting gasps of "oohs" and "aahs" from the crowd as they streaked across the night sky! Though it couldn't be seen by the naked eye, the Northern Lights even made an appearance over Sand Mountain, as seen in these long-exposure images taken by the Friends!

The Northern Lights in the sky above Sand Mountain in this twenty-second long exposure taken by the Friends of R. B. Winter State Park!

A meteor streaking across sky above the beach in this twenty five-second long exposure taken by the Friends of R. B. Winter State Park!