Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Meteor Over Crater Lake

NASA ^ | April 25, 2012 | (see photo credit)

[SunkenCiv]

Explanation: Did you see it? One of the more common questions during a meteor shower occurs because the time it takes for a meteor to flash is typically less than the time it takes for a head to turn. Possibly, though, the glory of seeing bright meteors shoot across and knowing that they were once small pebbles on another world might make it all worthwhile, even if your observing partner(s) could not share in every particular experience. Peaking over the past few days, a dark moonless sky allowed the Lyrids meteor shower to exhibit as many as 30 visible meteors per hour from some locations. A bright Lyrid meteor streaks above picturesque Crater Lake in Oregon, USA, in the above composite of nine exposures taken last week. Snow covers the foreground, while the majestic central band of our home galaxy arches well behind the serene lake. Other meteor showers this year include the Perseids in mid-August and the Leonids in mid-November, both expected to also dodge the glare of a bright Moon in 2012.

[SunkenCiv]

[ Credit & Copyright: Brad Goldpaint (Goldpaint Photography)]

[SunkenCiv]

Relax, it's only a volcanic crater. ;')

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I know that is a terrestrial Shot.
But it looks like it’s NOT! :-)

[KoRn]

"the time it takes for a meteor to flash is typically less than the time it takes for a head to turn."

Isn't that the truth. I've gotten to where if I'm with someone, and I see a meteor, I don't even say anything. It's a waste of time. By the time they look in the direction the meteor was in, it's gone.(99.9% of the time)PS: Beautiful pic, as always.

[OldMissileer]

I dare anyone to look at this beauty and tell me there is no God.

[rjsimmon]

I dare anyone to look at this beauty and tell me there is no God.

Absolutely!

The Heavens declare the Glory of God!

[TheOldLady]

The longest streak I ever saw was actually from my kitchen window when Hubby and I were living in northern California.

It was just before dawn, and the burning meteor appeared and streaked across nearly the entire sky before winking out near the horizon. My field of view of the sky, from a hilltop, was nearly 180^o.

[khelus]

Thanks for posting. Viewing such beauty nourishes one’s soul.

[BenLurkin]

Makes me cold just to look at it!

[martin_fierro]

B f l8r

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!