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Thread #113434 Message #2411680
Posted By: Bill D
12-Aug-08 - 01:22 PM
Thread Name: BS: OMG! The Perseids tonight! I forgot
Subject: RE: BS: OMG! The Perseids tonight! I forgot
In 1975, I was driving from Kansas to Seattle, and stopped to camp in the mountains outside of Denver at maybe 7500ft in a park. Set up the little pup tent...warm, clear weather - my head at an open end of the tent... when
**ZIP** *flash*...*zoom*
Yep, I had hit exactly the best night for the Perseids! One the best nights viewing I could imagine. Sometime 3-4 at a time, never 3 seconds between flashes. I watched for an hour.