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Invaders from Space! Leonid Showers tonight.

Posted by chrisd on from the no-it-is-not-a-ufo-you-yokel dept.

Space.Com, Astronomy Magazine and The American Meteor Society all have tons of information, viewing guides and historical perspectives for you to peruse in anticipation of tonight Lonid meteor shower. Many are predicting a once in a lifetime event, as the Earth is expected to swing through 3 debris trails laid down by Comet 55p/Temple-Tuttle. One article mentions that up to 10,000 events per hour could be in the offing. So if you feel like staying up till 2am pst (10 ut) you'll be able to check it out. I know we've been hyping this event, but, well, we are okay with this.

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  1. Day of the Triffids..... by jatbrowne · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't look at the sky! You'll go blind and then be at the mercy of invading genetically engineered plants....! Its a ploy!

    .....ok, I need some sleep....

  2. Re:I bet this will be . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ha! What a burn!

  3. Log off, asshole! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What's the point in posting at -1? Post at 0 like a man, and let the lusers moderate you. Do you think anyone besides me cares about your bitchy whining?

  4. Church and State by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thank God I live in a country where the State still recognizes the Catholic Church as the official church.

  5. Wait... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What does this mean for Joe Sixpack?

  6. this could be bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    in the film 'night of the living dead' a probe from space brought with it a strange radiation which caused corpses to walk and feed off the flesh of the living. this could happen with these meteors too. by the film's 2nd sequal 'day of the dead' there were very few living humans left.

  7. Easily fixed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Drop some acid.

  8. Re:Ashcroft warns people of the imminent danger by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That is extreamly lame, even by slashdot standards.

  9. Re:I'll take this over Harry Potter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Shut your hole. What the hell are you trying to say??

    Blagh blagh blagh under the stars blagh blagh natural wonders.

    Please keep your idiotic comments off of Slashdot.

  10. Re:friends in Asia -- watch for a big meteor showe by sporty · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    heh, some people are fleeing their countires for other reasons. (snicker)

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  11. revscat is being a prick. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    revscat, don't be such a prick.

    Thank you.

  12. umm? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That was a legitimate tip for watching the meteors. How can he be marked Offtopic?

  13. Afghanistan by istartedi · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    What will it look like from there, and if it is really spectacular will there actually be people with a middle ages education thinking it's 1. another bombing run of some kind, or 2. a bad omen from Allah?

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