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Saturday night the clouds finally cleared to reveal a beautifully star studded sky. There were "falling stars" about every 20-30 minutes. Then I remembered that it's just about time for the annual Perseid Meteor Shower.

This year could be one of the best and most spectacular meteor showers. At its peak around the nights of Aug. 11 and 12, the shower can
produce 50 to 100 fast, bright meteors per hour for any observer with a wide-open view of a dark sky.
 
Hey NASA, you have no idea how big and clear your skies are out there! I've lived in Indiana my whole life and have visited Colorado and Montanna several times... its UNREAL the difference. Its like you are in the stars, and the nights are so clear! No light pollution! Geeze, I still remember that as a child much less my more recent trips.

Three years ago, on opening morning of shotgun season in Indiana (November 15-17?) we had a meteor shower that was REMARKABLE! I would guess there were 10-20 a minute for 30-45 minutes! It was AMAZING, it really just engulfed me while I sat there in my stand. I had gone in early to watch the shower, since the weather man went on and on about it, so I had one heck of a show before daylight. Then at the break of day, from HIGH in an oak tree I shot the biggest deer of my life when he chased a doe through the dense ground fog. It was just one of those majical things ya know? Just one of those things where someone asks you how the hunt went and you say "Real good" and just smile because there isn't much else too say... that was AWESOME!

I've been going through some pretty hard times around the homefront lately so I took off last friday afternoon to fish, I fished from 6 P.M. to 5 A.M. and never got a bite... I think I saw three falling stars while I sat there. I guess maybe I wasn't watching my poles after all if I saw that many falling stars. But it was still a great trip. Thats one thing about predator hunting at night... hunting alone and realizing in the 10° January snow that you aren't that big at all under those stars... its awesome! Just awesome! Can't wait until I get out there chasing some elk or coyotes to see the REAL sky again! You're a lucky guy out there! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
I was out and about calling for Jackal at 02:00 this morning and the showers were great even here in South Africa.

Gerhard
 
Gerhard, you have a ringside seat for when the big show really starts.

"The time of the closest approach should be 4:50 p.m. ET (20:50 GMT) on Aug. 11 and could last about 40 minutes, favoring observers in Eastern Europe, eastern North Africa eastward to central Russia, India, and western China. Unfortunately, if an early bevy of Perseids materializes, North Americans would miss out, since it would happen during local afternoon hours."
 
NASA, BTW I was telling my wife all that stuff about blue moons, thinking she would think I was smart. Almost immediate question..."Where on the internet did you find that?" I gave you appropriate credit...should know better than to think she would find me smart.
 
Claimbuster, try this and see if you can fool her. Most of the Perseid's are the size of sand grains; a few are as big as peas or marbles. While they are in space, they are called meteoroids. Once they enter Earth's atmosphere they are then called meteors. Almost none hit the ground, but if one does, then it's called a meteorite.
 
Thought it was an odd thing to find on this site but at the same time thanks for the reminder about this shower (for some reason I always seam to miss it). Since I have to be out all night anyhow I might as well try to enjoy the show. And thanks again.
 


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