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In the middle of the night, he managed to photograph a meteorite over the Pyrenees

In the night from Saturday to Sunday Eric Castaings, professional photographer and 2 friends decide to go to the top of the Tourmalet to take photos of the Milky Way. When suddenly at 12.54 am … “while I was taking a long break to properly expose my foreground, I was able to photograph what appeared to me to be a meteor (or meteor) that crossed the sky in front of me“.

It is an extremely difficult shot to take: you have to be in the right place, at the right time and above all, you have to be a talented photographer to succeed in this kind of photo.
The colors, the light, the horizon line, everything is there. Or almost. ” Unfortunately, the long exposure resulted in a significant spin in the stars, hence a reduced photographic quality but … what a surprise! The kind of moment you only live once or twice in a lifetime

He then posted the photo on social media. Success was immediate: congratulatory messages poured in. Some of these anonymous people question him about the meteorite.
Some people evoke the comet of Swan, a comet discovered recently. But amateur astronomers tend to prefer a ” racing car A kind of big shooting star.

Scientific verification

To verify all this, Eric Castaings contacted the CNES (National Center for Space Studies) in Toulouse.
Originally from Aureilhan in the Hautes-Pyrénées, Eric Castaings will continue to photograph and film the mountains and the starry skies of the Pyrenees.

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