Leonid Meteor Storm of 1833 | Edmund Weiß | 1888 16th Century The work reflects Goya’s fascination

The work reflects Goya’s fascination with the irrational and the supernatural

godlike figure reaching outward with a compass

lending the scene a tense

clinical light

Leonid Meteor Storm of 1833 | Edmund Weiß | 1888 16th Century The work reflects Goya’s fascinationLeonid Meteor Storm Over North America, 1833. Painted by E. Wei, published 1888, from Bilderatlas der Sternenwelt. This vivid 19th century illustration captures the extraordinary Leonid Meteor Storm of November 1213, 1833, one of the most spectacular astronomical events ever recorded. E. Wei depicts thousands of radiant meteors cascading across the night sky above a dramatic waterfall, conveying both the awe and cosmic magnitude of the phenomenon.