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Lyrid meteor shower 2020: 9 stunning photos of nature’s light show

By Michelle Ewing, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
By Michelle Ewing, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

The annual Lyrid meteor shower peaked late Tuesday and early Wednesday, offering stunning light displays in the night sky.

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Lyrid meteor shower 2020 The starry sky shines over the Baltic Sea in Schleswig-Holstein, Neukirchen, Germany, on April 22, 2020. (Daniel Reinhardt/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Social media lit up with images of the celestial phenomenon. Here are some of our favorites:

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1. Massachusetts

Photo by @tihtokolok, Instagram

2. Arizona

Photo by @kdibildox, Instagram

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Happy Monday! I was able to do some Milky Way chasing on Saturday, which was really nice. I hadn't taken photos in a while so it was overdue. Luckily, in night photography it's quite easy to maintain social distancing. This was taken around 1:30 am. My friend and I both saw this huge fireball light up the sky and luckily, both of us got a shot of it. Can you see it? . . . . . #meteor #lyrids #lyridmeteorshower #shootingstar #milkyway #milkywaymonday #milkywaygalaxy #weownthenight_az #milkyway_nightscapes #milkywayhunters #milkywayphotography #milkywaypics #creativecontentbuilders #nightsky #nightskychasers #nightphotography #longexposure #longexposurephotography #instagramaz #igsouthwest #arizona_landscapes #visit_arizona #igers_tucson #westbysouthwest #arizona #southwest #southwestlife #timelessuniverse #astrophotography #universetoday

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3. Nottingham, England

Photo by @mikebeardphoto, Instagram

4. Copenhagen, Denmark

Photo by @cklittleperson, Instagram

5. Portal, Arizona

Photo by @lschroederphoto, Instagram

6. Crosby Beach, England

Photo by @dominic_darvellphotography, Instagram

7. Dundee, Scotland

Photo by @astro_a22, Instagram

8. Munich, Germany

Photo by @damatze, Instagram

9. Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Photo by @fletcherpictures, Instagram

Lyrids Meteor Shower Over Austria The Lyrid meteor shower streaks across the sky over Michaelskapelle on April 21, 2020, in Niederhollabrunn, Austria. (Thomas Kronsteiner/Getty Images)

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