Steve Lacy caught this beautiful fireball the night of the Camelopardalid meteor shower. Thank you, Steve.

Cat Connor caught some meteors Friday night – the night of the Camelopardalid shower – over Mono Lake in California. The double streak on the left in this shot might be the upper stage of Japan’s Daichi-2 booster venting fuel. Read more about that at Phil Plait’s Bad Astronomer blog.

Navaneeth Unnikrishnan said the Camelopardalids meteor shower wasn’t very visible from as southerly a latitude as India. He said, “Here’s a single meteor i got from 401 shots.” May or may not be a Camelopardalid. Thank you, Navaneeth!

We heard from many people that they saw fireballs, or very bright meteors, on the night of the Camelopardalid meteor shower. This one is from Kevin Palmer, who was observing from Green River State Wildlife Area in Illinois.

View larger. | Glen Wurden caught this meteor on the night of the meteor shower near Los Alamos, New Mexico. He doesn’t think it’s a Camelopardalid, but it is a beautiful meteor. Thank you, Glen!