Lyrid of the Lake

Within the early hours of April 24 this lustrous Lyrid meteor flashed along the central Milky Manner. For a 2nd, it solid a lustrous reflection across Lake Nian, Yunnan province, China. The annual Lyrid meteor bathe, one of many oldest known, is active in leisurely April, as our shiny planet plows thru dirt left along the orbit of prolonged-length comet Thatcher. The proceed of the intense fireball facets abet toward the bathe’s graceful in the constellation Lyra high in the northern springtime sky and off the pinnacle of the body. Exact rising in that starry sky, gentle from a third quarter moon also solid a glow on the soundless waters of the lake.