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August 6, 2016
Heads Up: The Perseid meteor shower is here, and it's going to be twice as good this year
Experts are predicting that, at its peak on August 11-12, we’re going to get twice as many meteors that usual, and when it comes to the Perseids, that’s a hell of a lot. "Forecasters are predicting a Perseid outburst this year with double normal rates on the night of August 11-12," Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environments Office said in a statement. "Under perfect conditions, rates could soar to 200 meteors per hour." - ScienceAlert
Posted by gerardvanderleun at August 6, 2016 12:10 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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I am up at 3:30 every morning anyway. Can't shake four plus decades of getting up at that time for work, even now in retirement. I always go out on the deck and watch the stars for my first two cups of coffee. Makes for great meditation. Perseid is always an added bonus. Something about watching a grain of dirt or dust that has traveled since millennium finally meets its end.
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at August 7, 2016 10:58 AM
Reminds me, I've been wanting to read that John Wyndham book 'the Day of the Triffids' again.
Posted by: Speller at August 8, 2016 3:18 AM