The peak time for the perseid meteor shower was the 12/13 August. Unfortunately the weather forecast of overcast skies proved to be accurate.
However, on the evening of the 11th August, after taking just 8 frames, I caught this meteor!
Lower right are the planets Saturn and Jupiter
Meon Valley Hampshire
The first hard frost of 2020 covering the Droxford area in the Meon Valley
Saint Mary and All Saints Church at Droxford has recently opened a cultural centre and café. The Meon Valley Trail, a walking, cycling and horse riding trail along a disused railway passes to the east of Droxford .
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Early morning mist and fog giving a stunning view over the Meon Valley in Hampshire.
One or two may be in with a chance to be featured in a future Meon Views calendar by Studio 6!
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The Meon Valley features many walks and trails including the old railway line from Wickham to West Meon.
The area is popular with walkers using the South Downs Way and the many other footpaths that cross the area
The quiet roads are also popular with cyclists with its challenging hill climbs and descents!
Please follow the link the the Surfers Against Sewage website to see how you can help reduce plastic waste.
The gallery below shows just some of the 5000 items of marine plastic pollution per mile of beach in the UK
This stuff is used for seconds and then ditched but never degrades.
Plastic pollution involves the accumulation of plastic products in the environment that adversely affects wildlife, wildlife habitat, or humans.
Plastics that act as pollutants are categorized into micro-, meso-, or macrodebris, based on size.
The prominence of plastic waste is correlated with plastics being inexpensive and durable This lends to high levels of plastics used by humans. However, it is slow to degrade.
Plastics can unfavourably affect lands, waterways and oceans. Living organisms, particularly marine animals, can also be affected through entanglement, direct ingestion of plastic waste, or through exposure to chemicals within plastics that cause interruptions in biological functions. 
Humans are also affected by plastic pollution, such as through the disruption of the thyroid hormone axis or hormone levels.
Plastic reduction efforts have occurred in some areas in attempts to reduce plastic consumption and pollution and promote plastic recycling. Source Wikipedia
