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Perseid Meteor Shower Reaches Peak Starting Tonight
Simthsonian.com ^ | Aug 10, 2020 | Courtney Sexton

Posted on 08/10/2020 6:59:11 PM PDT by metmom

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1 posted on 08/10/2020 6:59:11 PM PDT by metmom
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Here’s another article with a little more useful information for best watching.

The 2020 Perseid meteor shower peaks Tuesday: How to watch the show

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/the-2020-perseid-meteor-shower-peaks-tuesday-how-to-watch-the-show/


2 posted on 08/10/2020 6:59:59 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom

I’ll go out there but somehow I never get to see one :( Here’s hoping I do tonight.


3 posted on 08/10/2020 7:06:58 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: metmom

Naturally, after days of clear skies and white fluffies, a nice big overcast rolled in today.


4 posted on 08/10/2020 7:08:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Omg. Lol.


5 posted on 08/10/2020 7:15:39 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: SunkenCiv

Was thinking about heading out to look but the thunder I’m hearing doesn’t sound promising.


6 posted on 08/10/2020 7:24:08 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Free the TVs!)
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To: metmom

Day of the Triffids


7 posted on 08/10/2020 7:26:49 PM PDT by Phil
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To: metmom

Day of the Triffids


8 posted on 08/10/2020 7:27:27 PM PDT by Phil
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To: SunkenCiv; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON; Rebelbase
Ta-ta, Swift-Tuttle.


9 posted on 08/10/2020 7:34:40 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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My wife and I pay attention to the Perseids. They generally peak on August 12, which is our anniversary. We make a point of being up north in our cabin so that we can sleep on the back deck.

Last year, we just stayed up late. The year before that we saw several bolides. They are like a shooting star except they are really bright and they have a smoke trail which is illuminated.


10 posted on 08/10/2020 7:35:33 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: Beowulf9

My wife and I pay attention to the Perseids. They generally peak on August 12, which is our anniversary. We make a point of being up north in our cabin so that we can sleep on the back deck.

Last year, we just stayed up late. The year before that we saw several bolides. They are like a shooting star except they are really bright and they have a smoke trail which is illuminated.


11 posted on 08/10/2020 7:49:51 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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You better duck if you go outside. You might get hit by space rocks.
https://www.twincities.com/2020/08/10/huge-hail-big-thunderstorms-overnight-may-have-people-reaching-for-extra-cup-of-coffee-monday/


12 posted on 08/10/2020 7:51:11 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: metmom

Thanks!! You made me think of my brother who would come up from Presidio and take me n my kids “out east” to watch the meteor shower. The kids are bigger n we have to drive further east to get away from the city lights.


13 posted on 08/10/2020 8:13:31 PM PDT by RebelTXRose (Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for us! PRAY THE ROSARY!)
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To: metmom

Hm, wondering why Smithsonian wasn’t busy pointing out some connection between Perseid Meteor Shower and white privilege, or something.


14 posted on 08/10/2020 8:32:08 PM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = USSR; Journ0List + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey)
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To: Beowulf9

I saw 4 good ones.

We’re in rural NH now and have a very nice dark location. I’ve never had this kind of opp before.

But the moon is coming up and ruining the viewing.


15 posted on 08/10/2020 9:24:27 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Phil

I think about that story every time a meteor shower happens.

That was one creepy book.


16 posted on 08/10/2020 9:25:32 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: the_Watchman

Nice!!!!!


17 posted on 08/10/2020 9:26:15 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom

In Spain this meteor shower is called “Las Lagrimas de San Lorenzo,” The Tears of St Lawrence. St Lawrence was a 3rd century deacon, martyred under the Roman Emperor Valeriano by being roasted on a grill, and the Perseids reflect his tears.

San Lorenzo was a Spaniard, born near Zaragoza around 225 AD. Spain was a Roman colony, and Lawrence ended up in Rome and was made a deacon, responsible for attending to the running of Church business and the distribution of charity.

The emperor Valerian issued an order that Christian authorities be killed. The pope (Sixtus) was executed, along with other important leaders of the Christian community. Valerian then demanded that the deacons turn over the riches of the Church (which didn’t have much at that point). St Lawrence distributed any funds he had, and when Valerian came after him, he brought the lame, the halt and the blind and said to Valerian, “These are the riches of the Church.”

This earned St Lawrence a very gruesome martyrdom on August 10, 354 AD, hence the name, Tears of St Lawrence, associated with this date.


18 posted on 08/10/2020 9:29:24 PM PDT by livius
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To: Larry Lucido

:^)


19 posted on 08/10/2020 9:30:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: metmom

We have a “cold” front hanging a bit north of us, generating clouds, showers and t-storms. (Got an inch of rain tonight - at least part was spread out over a few hours so some should soak in.) It looks like this will be the pattern the next few days. So, if that front doesn’t progress further south than forecast, we may get more showers, but, at least visibly, not of the space rocks kind. At least some of the lightning was fun to watch. We got a real blast of an outflow boundary earlier, too.


20 posted on 08/11/2020 12:49:10 AM PDT by Paul R. (The Lib / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left wort h controlling.)
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