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Eta Aquariid in moonlight

Posted by in Today's Image | May 6, 2018

Who says you can’t catch meteors in moonlight? Check out this beautiful shot of one of this weekend’s Eta Aquariid meteors from Eliot Herman in Tucson.

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

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.

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