Lyrids 2013 Meteor Shower May Be Overshadowed By Nearly Full Moon [1]

HuffingtonPost.com - 4/15/13, Miriam Kramer

On the night of April 21, the 2012 Lyrid meteor shower peaked in the skies over Earth. Astronaut Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station trained his video camera on Earth below. This image was taken on April 22, 2012.

An annual meteor shower is set to peak this weekend, but the showing likely won't be as strong as it has been in years past.

The Lyrid meteor shower [2] should give skywatchers in darkened parts of the world a decent show late Sunday night (April 21) and early Monday morning (April 22), but the glare from a nearly full moon will probably impede the view for many stargazers.

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