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Thread #113434 Message #2411888
Posted By: Donuel
12-Aug-08 - 05:02 PM
Thread Name: BS: OMG! The Perseids tonight! I forgot
Subject: RE: BS: OMG! The Perseids tonight! I forgot
The best way I saw them was from a hammock although a lounge chair will do.
The comet Tuttle that gives us this show is about 6 miles wide.
Calculations show that it will cross our orbit in the year 3040.
Enjoy the meteorites while they last, they do get prolific at times and have big displays from time to time. One display filled the sky with light it was so intense but that was over 100 years ago.
2Am is just about the time my body says fug it Ahm tired,
Still it sounds worth it if your mind works like Joe Offer. You will be looking up surrounded by Lions and Tigers and Bears.
A wrist rocket might fix that neighbor's light ;<}