Perseids meteor shower...

[OnTheRiver]

... anyone else going to spend a little time out in the middle of the night tonight watching the show?

We caught some of the precursors last night, including a few that created streaks in the sky that stretched from one horizon halfway to the other. Gorgeous stuff!

Show gets going pretty steady around 11 p.m., with 4 a.m. listed as the peak time. (All times local...)

If you've got the energy, treat yourself to a show tonight...


http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2...atperseids.htm

 

[imjustagirl2]

I saw this online today. I figured I'd head outside around 1 or 2 a.m. No streetlights in my neighborhood, so I should be good to go. And we have a hammock.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

I saw this online today. I figured I'd head outside around 1 or 2 a.m. No streetlights in my neighborhood, so I should be good to go. And we have a hammock.

The sky will fall.
The earth will move.
I love me some Perseids.

 

[crusoes]

Is it appropriate, when a woman asks you to see the Perseids, to tell your friends you went to her house for a shower? Just checking...

 

[JR]

Won't be able to see it.

The Leafs daily fireworks extravaganza for their '67 Cup win blocks out everything in the Toronto sky.

 

[OnTheRiver]

Won't be able to see it.

The Leafs daily fireworks extravaganza for their '67 Cup win blocks out everything in the Toronto sky.

You guys would only see about 70 percent as many meteors, anyway...

 

[Starman]

Partly cloudy here. Just saw the Shuttle/ISS make a brief pass across the northeast sky.

 

[JR]

The pisser about this is HC & I are going away on holidays tomorrow to a town on Lake Huron where we could have seen these showers perfectly tonight.

 

[Starman]

Still should be a decent show tomorrow night. The meteors don't turn off and on like a light switch.

 

[imjustagirl2]

The pisser about this is HC & I are going away on holidays tomorrow to a town on Lake Huron where we could have seen these showers perfectly tonight.

That's a bad planning session, right there.

 

[JR]

The pisser about this is HC & I are going away on holidays tomorrow to a town on Lake Huron where we could have seen these showers perfectly tonight.

Story of my life.

We didn't know that the universe was going to have a special presentation when we planned our holiday.

Just out of curiosity, do Americans say "holiday" when they're going on "vacation"?


That's a bad planning session, right there.

 

[Write-brained]

We only say holiday when it's a holiday, like Christmas and Happy Divine Brown day.

 

[Football_Bat]

Ain't nothing better on Perseid night than driving up to Oklahoma where the sky is perfectly clear and there are no city lights.

 

[slappy4428]

Won't be able to see it.

The Leafs daily fireworks extravaganza for their '67 Cup win blocks out everything in the Toronto sky.

You guys would only see about 70 percent as many meteors, anyway...

True, but far more flameouts with the fireworks.

 

[EStreetJoe]

it's a little too overcast to see the meteors here.

Besides I'm still recovering from a night of no a/c in the office. Even with a fan it was like a sauna. It was so bad I cut the old pair of blue jeans I was wearing down into shorts.

 

[Tom Petty]

it's a little too overcast to see the meteors here.

Besides I'm still recovering from a night of no a/c in the office. Even with a fan it was like a sauna. It was so bad I cut the old pair of blue jeans I was wearing down into shorts.

wow, it was 72 all day today in tom pettyland.

 

[imjustagirl2]

I went out for a bit with a bottle of Yuengling. Saw three meteors. Then I realized I hate sitting alone outside in the dark in a neighborhood I don't know that well, so I high-tailed it in.

 

[Diabeetus]

I'm sad I'm not anywhere near where I could see em.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Saw a brief shower two nights ago when I was driving home from work. I saw something that looked like fireworks, but it was 2 a.m. and no one was outside where I was. Then one of my best friends told me about the meteor showers going on.

 

[Tom Petty]

Saw a brief shower two nights ago when I was driving home from work. I saw something that looked like fireworks, but it was 2 a.m. and no one was outside where I was. Then one of my best friends told me about the meteor showers going on.

saw one monster one that streaked from one end of the skyline to the other ... and some little ones.