Over the past several days, more fantastic images have appeared on the site Astronomy Picture of the Day. In particular, check their May 1st post:
On April 22nd, the Lyrid Meteor Shower visited planet Earth's sky, an annual shower produced as the Earth plows through dust from the tail of comet Thatcher. Usually Lyrid meteor watchers see only a drizzle. Just a few meteors per hour stream away from the shower's radiant point near bright star Vega in the constellation Lyra. But photographer Tony Rowell still managed to catch one bright Lyrid meteor...
For more of the explanation and the image, visit Lyrid Meteor and Milky Way.
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