Perseid over Vancouver

Colorful and bright, the city lights of Vancouver, Canada are reflected in the water in this portrait of the world at night . Recorded on August 12 during the Perseid Meteor Shower , the wide-angle view takes in a large swath along the photographer's eastern horizon. The picture is a composite of many consecutive 2 second exposures that, when added together, cover a total time of an hour and 33 minutes. During that time, stars trailed through the night sky above Vancouver, their steady motion along concentric arcs a reflection of planet Earth's rotation . The dotted trails of aircraft also cut across the scene. Of course, two of the frames captured the brief, brilliant flash of a Perseid fireball as it tracked across the top of the field of view. The large gap in the single meteor trail corresponds to the time gap between the consecutive frames.Watch: Saturday's partial lunar eclipse - Times and Visibility | Webcast