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![Лириды на южном небе](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2014/04/24/0001308900/lyridsbeletsky_nolabels900h.preview.jpg)
24.04.2014
Earth's annual Lyrid meteor shower peaked before dawn on April 22nd, as our fair planet plowed through dust from the tail of long-period comet Thatcher. Even in the dry and dark Atacama desert along Chile's Pacific coast, light from a last quarter Moon made the night sky bright, washing out fainter meteor streaks.
![Болид Леонид 1998 года](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/11/12/0001217651/leonid_lorenzo_1.preview.jpg)
12.11.1999
Will this be the year? Last year's Leonid meteor shower did not produce the meteor storm many had hoped for. Still, it put on a dazzling show with many bright fireball meteors. For example, this Leonid fireball, photographed through light clouds, eerily flashed across the skies of Monteromano, Italy on November 17, 1998.
![Геминиды на севере](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2021/12/17/0001794394/GeminidFireball_AlvinWu1024c.preview.jpg)
17.12.2021
An arid expanse of the Tengger Desert in north-central China, planet Earth fills the foreground of this starry scene. A widefield panoramic view, it was recorded shortly after moonset in the local predawn hours of December 14. Pictured in the still dark sky, stars of the northern winter hexagon surround a luminous Milky Way.
![Пыль кометы Галлея, пыль Марса и Млечный Путь](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2023/05/12/0001897576/2022_05_04_Eta_Aquaridy_SP_Meteory_Fin_Vyska_1200px.preview.png)
12.05.2023
Grains of cosmic dust streaked through night skies in early May. Swept up as planet Earth plowed through the debris streams left behind by periodic Comet Halley, the annual meteor shower is known as the Eta Aquarids. This year, the Eta Aquarids peak was visually hampered by May's bright Full Moon, though.
![Метеор Леонид взрывается](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/08/13/0001199156/leonidanim2_rotse.preview.gif)
23.11.1998
Click on the above image and watch a Leonid meteor explode. The tremendous heat generated by the collision of a small sand-bit moving at 70 kilometers/second with the Earth's upper atmosphere causes the rock-fragment to heat up, glow brightly, and disintegrate.
![Леонид над озером Моно](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/11/20/0001237029/LeonidSunriseMeteor_Rowell900.preview.jpg)
19.11.2009
Eerie spires of rock rise from shore of Mono Lake in the foreground of this early morning skyscape. The salty, mineral-laden lake is located in California's eastern Sierra Nevada mountain range and the spindly rock formations are naturally formed limestone towers called tufa.
![Сказочная комета NEOWISE](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2020/07/23/0001680482/SGUNeuschwansteinNeowiseIMG2532-1050.preview.jpg)
23.07.2020
Comet dust falls through a twilight sky in this dream-like scene, but it's not part of a fairytale movie. Still, Castle Neuschwanstein, nestled in the Bavarian Alps, did inspire Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle. Captured on July 20, the bright streak above the castle towers is likely a Perseid meteor.
![Метеор из потока Геминид над Долиной Монументов](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/12/14/0001237339/Geminid2007_pacholka850wp.preview.jpg)
12.12.2009
The Geminids are expected to put on a good show this year. Created as planet Earth sweeps through dusty debris from extinct comet Phaethon, the annual Geminid meteor shower is predicted to peak on December 14th, around 0510 UT (12:10am EST).
![Персеиды на свету](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/08/14/0001215208/PerseidMoonlightAurora9_westlake_c50.preview.jpg)
11.08.2006
Dark skies are favored for viewing meteor showers -- so many are pessimistic about this year's Perseids. While the Perseid meteor shower is scheduled to peak this weekend, bright light from an almost full Moon will also flood the night and mask the majority of relatively faint meteors.
![Метеоры вдоль Млечного Пути](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2023/08/24/0001906930/MSH11080.preview.jpg)
24.08.2023
Under dark and mostly moonless night skies, many denizens of planet Earth were able to watch this year's Perseid meteor shower. Seen from a grassy hillside from Shiraz, Iran these Perseid meteors streak along the northern summer Milky Way before dawn on Sunday, August 13.
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