The Perseids
August shooting stars above the Slovak countryside.
What you get
- Format
- JPEG
- Resolution
- 8 640 × 5 760 px (49.8 MPx)
- Aspect ratio
- 3:2
- File size
- 33.1 MB
- Recommended print size
- 73 × 48 cm at 300 DPI – viewed up close
109 × 73 cm at 200 DPI – framed on a wall
Larger prints are possible but will look softer up close. - Suitable for
- For printing for personal use, or as a desktop or TV background.
- Licence
- Personal, non-commercial use. You may not resell, share or use the file commercially. Terms
- Watermark
- No watermark. If the image carries the author’s signature, so does the file.
- Delivery
- Download link right after payment – on the order page and by e-mail. Valid 7 days, 5 downloads.
About the object
The Perseids are a meteor shower that peaks around 12–13 August, when Earth passes through dust left behind by comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. The grains enter the atmosphere at about 59 km/s and burn up as streaks of light roughly 100 km high.
How the image was made
- Captured
- 13 August 2026
- Exposure
- 1 198 s
- Camera
- Sony α1 II
- Lens
- FE 14mm F1.8 GM
- Focal length
- 14 mm
- ISO / aperture
- ISO 1600 · f/1,8
- Processing
- Adobe Lightroom 9.5.1 (Windows)
Data from the original file’s metadata or from the author.