[Marian Murdoch]

I went out from about 8:30pm-10:15pm PST tonight and was able to capture a few of the Lyrid meteors. There was a HUGE fireball that we observed, low on the horizon, but (of course) it was out of my field of view with the camera. Some of the meteors were very dim and were not even seen with the human eye. Only after I brought them up on the computer was I able to see them. 

f/3.5, ISO 500, 30sec, 11mm lens

This was the best one and space.com emailed me asking for permission to use it on their site.

[Marian Murdoch]

OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!! GOOD MORNING AMERICA JUST CALLED!!! They want to use one of my photos of the meteor shower on their broadcast tomorrow!!!!

[Ray Soldano]

That's pretty cool.  Did a search. 

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/slideshow/fireball-bright-day-night-1884336

[Marian Murdoch]

I watched Good Morning America this morning and IT WAS THERE!!! Along with my name as big as could be on the picture.

Thanks, Ray! *bookmarks*

I'm still walking on clouds.

[Ryan]

Very cool! And the first shots in the slideshow too.

Hope you taped it.

[Marian Murdoch]

Yup, I taped it. I also got an email today from another news organization asking if they can use them! Who would've thought that a such a small meteor shower would generate all this.

[Travis Minnig]

WOW!!!  How cool is that!?  Congratulations Marian!

[Marian Murdoch]

Thanks, Travis!! My brother-in-law took a photo of Good Morning America with his phone. I think it's funny that they chose one of the shots that I wouldn't have chosen, haha. This meteor was one of the more dim ones that I had to enhance a bit to even be able to see it:

[jkleb]

Congrats! That's cool.