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Perseid Shower

Posted by michael on from the too-cloudy-and-light-polluted dept.

Space.com writes "August is usually regarded as "meteor month" in the Northern Hemisphere, as one of the best shooting star displays of the year reaches its peak near midmonth. The annual Perseid meteor shower is beloved by everyone from meteor enthusiasts to summer campers. The Perseids are predicted to peak overnight on Aug. 12-13, when Earth travels through the middle of a belt of debris laid down in space by comet Swift-Tuttle."

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  1. Dupe by boojum.cat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yet another dupe. This same story was posted a year ago.

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