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An early Eta Aquarid meteor

Posted by in Today's Image | May 4, 2017

Eliot Herman in Tucson has an automatic camera set-up that catches many meteors. He caught this one Wednesday morning.

Eliot Herman in Tucson, Arizona caught this meteor on May 3, 2017. He said: “… Got this meteor this morning, just minutes before the light wiped out the camera.”

Bookmark this page. We’ll update it with photos from the EarthSky community of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, peaking on the mornings of May 5 and 6.

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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