<br /> <p>A Lyrid meteor shower reached its peak on Saturday, April 22, just as lightning sprites and the Aurora Australis dazzled those watching the night’s sky from Kiama, New South Wales.</p><p>David Finlay captured the display from the coastal town. The annual Lyrid meteor shower</a> produces between 15 to 20 meteors per hour</a> during its peak.</p><br /><p>Finlay joked that the Lyrid shower had been “photobombed” by the electrical storm and Aurora Australis, a radiant excitation of atoms</a> created when plasma are ejected by the Sun.</p><br /><p>The Lyrids typically last for about 10 days, from April 16 each year, and are produced as the Earth passes through the dusty trail of Comet Thatcher. Credit: David Finlay via Storyful</p><br />
