# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BJQMdVPhvOj
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2461207-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/1e2793ccae.jpg
- **Posted:** 2016-08-18T14:15:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

#TBT to @nasa's #APOD from yesterday. The universe is insanely #beautiful. Here's the explanation from #NASA for what you see:
What's that #green streak in front of the Andromeda #galaxy? A #meteor. While photographing the #Andromeda galaxy last Friday, near the peak of the #Perseid Meteor Shower, a sand-sized rock from deep #space crossed right in front of our #MilkyWay Galaxy's far-distant #companion. The small meteor took only a fraction of a second to pass through this 10-degree field. The meteor flared several times while braking violently upon entering #Earth's #atmosphere. The green #color was created, at least in part, by the meteor's #gas glowing as it vaporized. Although the exposure was timed to catch a #Perseids meteor, the orientation of the imaged streak seems a better match to a meteor from the Southern Delta Aquariids, a #meteor shower that peaked a few weeks earlier. 📷 Image Credit & Copyright: Fritz Helmut Hemmerich
#space #beauty #cosmos #luck #timing #perfectlytimed #perfectlytimedpics

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## Tags

perfectlytimedpics, color, earth, nasa, gas, space, beauty, atmosphere, luck, perfectlytimed, milkyway, green, galaxy, cosmos, andromeda, meteor, tbt, apod, perseid, timing, beautiful, companion, perseids

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