Five awesome photos of meteors

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

Cat Connor caught some meteors over Mono Lake in California.

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. This one is from Kevin Palmer, who was observing from Green River State Wildlife Area in Illinois.

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 Camelopardalid meteor near Los Alamos, New Mexico. Thank you, Glen!

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!

See more meteor photos taken during Friday night’s Camelopardalid shower and read observers’ reports.

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Deborah Byrd created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Today, she serves as Editor-in-Chief of this website. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named 3505 Byrd in her honor. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.