Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
ysabetwordsmith
  • Mood: busy

See the Perseids!

This year's meteor shower is expected to be good, aside from the light shed by a waning moon. If you have kids old enough to stay up past midnight on special occasions (or heck, toddlers who wake up in the middle of the night) take them outside for a bit and watch for meteors.

Keep looking up!
Tags: science, space exploration
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  • 3 comments
mac_stone

mac_stone

August 12 2009, 04:25:13 UTC 11 years ago

Heh. I've been contemplating whether or not the view from the fire-escape will be tolerable. Otherwise, the top is off the jeep - I could drive up the coast a ways. :) Either way, I look forward to this every year.
siliconshaman

siliconshaman

August 12 2009, 11:47:30 UTC 11 years ago

Now I wish the light pollution wasn't so bad here. [I can't even see Sirus!]

Oh..and watch out for any strange looking plants growing afterwards...
nhpeacenik

nhpeacenik

August 12 2009, 17:16:03 UTC 11 years ago

Rats, I forgot to play the Perseids song this morning!

http://www.last.fm/music/Lou%2B%2526%2BPeter%2BBerryman/_/Perseids