r/ExperimentalFilm

The April Lyrids cometh ~ look to Lyra & Hercules (the constellations) ~ Vega (the star) lights thy way ~ the peak fall arrives April 22 / 23.

The April Lyrids = a meteor shower lasting from about April 15 to April 29, originating from dust particles shed by the comet Thatcher ~ the strongest annual shower of meteors from a long-period comet.

Observed / reported since 687 BC, no other observable shiny space shower has been recorded as far back in time…

In 687, the Zuo Zhuan (an ancient Chinese narrative history) described the meteor shower: “On the 4th month in the summer of the year of Xin-Mao… fixed stars become invisible; at midnight, stars fell like rain.”

In the Australian Aboriginal astronomy of the Boorong tribe, the Lyrids represent the scratching of the Mallee fowl (represented by Vega), coinciding with its nest-building season.

…may your eyes be filled with & your nests be built with shooting stars…

(datamoshing + soundscaping = me)