Eta Aquariid in moonlight

Eliot Herman in Tucson, Arizona, captured this Eta Aquariid meteor on May 5, 2018, in the bright light of a waning gibbous moon. He wrote: “One of my favorites because of the color of the meteor is evident in this one and because of these meteors’ origin from Halley’s Comet particles.” Image captured at 3:47 a.m. in the Tucson foothills with a Nikon D810 camera and a Sigma 8 mm lens at 15-second exposure and 3200 ISO using an interval timer. Image processed from a Nikon RAW file. Click here for another image of the same meteor with a 15 mm lens and a second camera.

Deborah Byrd

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.