Something "Lyrid" Is Lurking In The Sky Tonight :: Oblate Spheroid

Ever stop and wonder why the Earth is really, at once ... so big, and yet, so small?

Tonight and tomorrow we will all have a chance to wonder and realize that this Blue Orb is a special platform on which to observe the real world that is happening around us - the real world that is the sky of which is the community we all belong.

This report from The Griffith Observatory -

The Griffith Observatory Sky Report

Anthony Cook - Astronomical Observer - April 18, 2007

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This description of the Lyrid Meteor Shower from Sky Tonight.Com -

April's Lyrid Meteor Shower

by Roger W. Sinnott

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And this from tip from EarthSky.Org –

Who Should Watch The Lyrid Meteor Shower?

You should! If you’re a gambler.

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So imagine yourself under a dark country sky. You’re surrounded by stars. Every so often, you see a streak across the sky: a Lyrid meteor. It is beautiful.

And isn’t that the best thing about a gamble? The payoff!