1998

Philip Freeman of the Boeing Astronomy Club was observing the shower in Illinois and obtained back to back photos, each of which contained one Leonid. The two photos were exposed 10 minutes apart around 2:45 a.m. CST on November 17 (8:45 UT on the 17th). The 35mm camera was mounted on a Meade telescope with a clock drive so that the images contained identical star fields. The images were subsequently scanned in and merged in photoshop to obtain the image you see here. If both meteors are traced backwards, i.e. extended toward the left, their intersection illustrates the radiant location.

Mark Jones of the St. Louis Astronomical Society took this photo on the morning of November 17 from a site in Missouri.

A four-hour, all-sky photo taken at Astronomical Observatory Modra in Slovakia on the morning of the 1998 Leonid maximum. The original image showed 156 meteors. The faintest meteors shown were about magnitude -2. A slightly larger version of the image can be found here

Paulo M. Raymundo took the two above photos from Reaiche Observatory (Bahia, Brazil). For the top image, he wrote, "Dramatic photograph showing a -13 magnitude fireball only partially captured on the frame. Although the picture shows blue sky, the photo was actually taken at night. The fireball was so bright that the night sky was briefly illuminated like daytime. Photo taken ... at 07:17 UT on 17 November 1998. Exposure lasted for 18 seconds. 50mm lens and Kodak Ektapress Plus 1600." For the bottom image he wrote, "This photo shows the residual smoke train left by the fireball in the previous photograph. It persisted for well over 2 minutes. The belt and sword of Orion are visible in the upper right. Photo taken ... on 17 November 1998. Exposure ~30 seconds. 50mm lens and Kodak Ektapress Plus 1600." Raymundo has further images on his web site

2001

This brilliant Leonid meteor is seen lighting up the dark desert skies of the California desert area of Joshua Tree National Park. This meteor is seen near the Pleiades. It was one of thousands seen with 2-3 meteors being seen per second at the peak of the show. Photo taken with a 35mm camera with a 50mm lens on a tripod. Copyright by Wally Pacholka / wally@AstroPics.com / more of Pacholka's photos are at http://www.AstroPics.com

Paulo M. Raymundo (Salvador, Brazil) saw a -9 magnitude fireball near Capella at 06:07 UT on November 18, which left a persistent train that remained visible for over ten minutes with the naked eye. The animated sequence of photos shows the evolution of the smokey train drifting in high-altitude winds. Raymundo has further images on his web site.