... Geminid Meteors over Teide Volcano . Image Credit Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado ( TWAN , Earth and Stars ) . ... Image Credit Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado ( TWAN , Earth and Stars ) . Explanation: On some nights it rains meteors. ...
... 2002 November 7 . 2001 Leonids: Meteors in Perspective . Credit Copyright: Christophe Marlot . ... Explanation: The 2001 Leonid storm was so intense that the meteor shower's radiant, the point on the sky from which the ...
... 2008 September 11 . Mountain Top Meteors . Credit Copyright : Alex Tudorica, Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy . ... Credit Copyright : Alex Tudorica, Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy . Faculty of Physics, Bucharest University . ...
... In a clear dark sky, an observer might see a meteor a minute near peak times , but this year a bright moon will overwhelm the glow from many perseid meteors until moonset in the early morning hours. ...
... 2009 May 1 . Lyrid Meteor and Milky Way . Credit Copyright : Tony Rowell / Astrophotostore.com . ... Explanation: On April 22nd, the Lyrid Meteor Shower visited planet Earth's sky, an annual shower produced as the Earth plows ...