What’s a vacation without staying up really late and shooting the night sky?

With the annual Perseid Meteor Shower this week and the Gulf of Mexico in front of me, I decided to try some star trails and see if I could get a meteor or two while I was at it.

This meteor was blazing  fast and was amazing to watch as it burned up.

This meteor was blazing fast and was amazing to watch as it burned up.

A little bit of star trail fun with a meteor coming through.

A little bit of star trail fun with a meteor coming through.

Longer star trails with some clouds interfering.

Longer star trails with some clouds interfering.

And how about a 30 second time lapse of nearly 200 photos created in about 2 hours from that night: