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Spectacular Images Of Lyrid Meteor Shower That Dazzled The Night Skies During Lockdown

One of the most dazzling displays of shooting stars was visible in the night sky recently, and it was possible because of the considerable drop in air pollution during the lockdown, and warm weather. The Lyrid meteor shower appears annually between April 16 and April 25, and tends to peak around April 22 and April 23. The annual Lyrid meteor shower put on an exceptional show for skywatchers this year. See the photos:

Anuj Tiwari Updated on Dec 28, 2020, 17:02 IST

One of the most dazzling displays of shooting stars was visible in the night sky recently, and it was possible because of the considerable drop in air pollution during the lockdown, and warm weather. The Lyrid meteor shower appears annually between April 16 and April 25, and tends to peak around April 22 and April 23. The annual Lyrid meteor shower put on an exceptional show for skywatchers this year. See the photos:

A meteorite is seen during the?Lyrid Meteor Shower?at the Borodino field outside Mozhaysk, Moscow.

A meteorite is seen next to the Pitstone Windmill during the Lyrid Meteor Shower in Pitstone, Britain.??

The Lyrid meteor shower appears annually between April 16 and 25 every year.??

Photographer Andrew March took a selfie during the Lyrid meteor shower in Rockport, Massachusetts.

According to Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, you can expect to see around 15 meteors per hour.??

The Gateshead Angel sculpture is pictured during the Lyrid Meteor Shower in Britain.

A Lyrid meteor streaks over St. Augustine, Florida, caught by John Merriam in northeast Florida on the morning of April 22.

A composite image showing 2 meteors. The Big Dipper asterism and the star Vega in?Weatherly, Pennsylvania.??

A stunning look of Lyrid meteor shower over Bulbjerg, Denmark.

Anuj Tiwari writes stories for SEO and is a Youtube wizard. An engineer turned social media champ, he keeps a track of all that goes around the world. His interest areas include historic events, political and social-sciences.

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