Someone provided a link to more detailed information about the
Perseid meteor shower:

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/25jun_perseids2004.htm

I guess I know what I'll be doing at 2 a.m. tonight!

--Wayne


--- In pugetsoundchristiansingles@yahoogroups.com, Dean
<firemedic98323@y...> wrote:
> Yea!... Way Cool Huh?
>
> I was in Ohio last week and saw lots there.... I'll be
lookin'!
>
> Dean
>
> celebok <celebok@e...> wrote:
> Ah-HA!! I found this by searching the Seattle Times archives:
>
> "This year's annual Perseid meteor shower will peak on the morning
of
> Aug. 12. Viewers may see up to 60 meteors per hour at locations
away
> from the glare of city lights."
>
> So I most likely DID see shooting stars! This is way cool!
>
>
> --- In pugetsoundchristiansingles@yahoogroups.com, "celebok"
> <celebok@e...> wrote:
> > Either I'm going crazy, my eyes are playing tricks on me, or I
just
> > saw a few shooting stars for the first time in my life!!! I was
> just
> > looking out my window on the north side of the building, and I
was
> > staring at the sky in the general vicinity of the Big Dipper,
when
> I
> > saw what looked like a little zipping streak of light for just a
> tiny
> > fraction of a second. Like, I could've missed it if I'd
blinked.
> I
> > kept staring at the sky for another ten minutes or so, and I saw
at
> > least two more, so it had to be something. I vaguely remember
> > recently reading something about meteor showers on some local
forum.