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Perseid Meteor Showers
obfuscated writes "'Flying gravel bank' attacks the Earth's atmosphere; damage unknown. Visible now and peaking on August 12th, the Perseid meteor shower is back to trained and amateur sky watchers. At its peak as many as 60 or more shooting stars can be visible per hour from the Northern Hemisphere. This year's viewing should be especially good since the 'Earth is expected to encounter the core of the Perseid swarm, where meteoroid concentration is densest, next Monday.' Space.com as well as MSN has the full text."
It means if your luck goes bad, you may just get your ass kicked by falling rocks. :)
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About time Earth had another shower - the smell's really starting to get to me
Taking the fam, going camping far far away from the city lights.
Have a nice weekend!
Think the media will blow this out of proportion?
I can just hear it...
"This just in: Meteor shower on collision course with earth! Could this be the end? We'll find out, right after this message from Charmin."
It'll be similar but the streaks will be going the other direction.
Did you ever notice how news like this gets the crop circle nuts and alien zealots crawling out of the woodwork? Has there ever been any study that relates this kind of news with outlandish reports(aliens, I got probed and the lot.)? I would like to see those statistics.
It's actually closer to Cassiopeia, which is much easier to find (it's the big W).
Last December you said Cassiopeia was a "big M". Can't you make up your mind, you damn space geeks!
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