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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Lyrid of the Lake
APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 28 Apr, 2022 | Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN)

Posted on 04/28/2022 5:38:06 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: In the early hours of April 24 this bright Lyrid meteor flashed along the central Milky Way. For a moment, it cast a bright reflection across Lake Nian, Yunnan province, China. The annual Lyrid meteor shower, one of the oldest known, is active in late April, as our fair planet plows through dust left along the orbit of long-period comet Thatcher. The trail of the bright fireball points back toward the shower's radiant in the constellation Lyra high in the northern springtime sky and off the top of the frame. Just rising in that starry sky, light from a third quarter moon also cast a glow on the peaceful waters of the lake.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
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1 posted on 04/28/2022 5:38:06 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 04/28/2022 5:38:33 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; America_Right; AZ .44 MAG; ...
Pinging the APOD list.

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3 posted on 04/28/2022 5:39:16 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Those sticks spell out โ€œEskimoโ€.


4 posted on 04/28/2022 8:34:44 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancerโ€)
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