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Date Posted: 00:14:47 08/19/07 Sun
Author: Paul S.
Subject: Re: Celestial phenomenon
In reply to: Toy tiger 's message, "Celestial phenomenon" on 16:50:39 08/10/07 Fri

>It is time for the Perseid Meteor Shower, which peaks
>on August 12th. If you set up a reclining chair in a
>spot where you can see lots of sky, get your feet
>pointing northeast, and your eyes looking upwards, and
>you should see a few Perseid meteors. The shower
>occasionally reaches numbers up to 400 per hour, but I
>have ussually seen no more than four or five an hour.
>The meteors tend to be orangeish, and moving at a
>medium speed. All the trails of the Perseid meteors
>point back to the constellation Perseus, which is in
>the northeast.
>
>Get a good lager in your hand, and play some music in
>the background, and you may see some or many of the
>meteors. God's own fireworks, eh?
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I didn't get the chance to do any star gazing on the 12th, but I did the next night. I was floating in a hot spring in the Sawtooth mountains and looking into a sky with a kazillion stars. Can't see em at home cuz of all the city lights, but up in the mountains... wow! We counted only eleven shooting stars. My friend had drunk so much wine though, he was seeing them with his eyes closed! (No sniggering, Michael ) And sorry Jones - no photos!

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