Go here for the 12 hour loop to see the clearing trend in your area:
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_ir_us_loop-12.html
I don't think the Northeast is going to clear out enough, but I hope I'm wrong.
Posted on 08/05/2005 4:35:30 PM PDT by berkeleybeej
Thank you so much for that cheery note :)
I just checked and there are only about a half dozen stars visible right now. Drat! This afternoon the sky was cloudless.
Clock is set but it's cloudy here; dang it.
No you don't. Just dark skies. And no question is a dumb one.
More than likely, its the liberals fault, but, there is a chance it has something to do with the sun being on the other side of the Earth.
More than likely, its the liberals fault, but, there is a chance it has something to do with the sun being on the other side of the Earth.
THANKS.....will hope we have CLEAR skies ......
Bump to an informative thread! I love meteor showers... the Leonids a few years ago were AWESOME!
LOL...good thing no beverages were involved while I read that.
I was up for those - with a pot of coffee, a parka and blanket!! Thank goodness it's warm tonite.
Thanks for the ping Howlin.
It's cloudy here too BUT fear not! I just went out to check if the sky was clearing at all, and I saw a shooting star through the clouds! I have never seen that before. I can't even imagine how bright it would have been if clear...
cool i'll be camping out away from city lights the 14-15th up and awake night fishing during those hours.
It was one of the few positive aspects of working the night shift... walking outside at 3 am and watching the shooting stars. I also had one whizz about 30 feet over my head one night. It smelled just like burning rock and probably landed in the Domaine vineyard
I was up in the hills in the Finger Lakes region of New York State... it was FREEZING that night! I had on a sweatshirt, a jacket, a blanket, and I was STILL shivering.
All said, however, it was an experience I still remember. I must have seen several thousand meteors that night. At the height of the show there were several coming every minute.
Phsstpok, I did not know that the Perseids were responsible for the Tunguska collision! I read some websites about that, it must have been amazing. The skies were bright in London for several nights, as a result of explosive particles in the atmosphere reflecting the sun's light!
The Tunguska explosion was between 10 and 15 megatons. Hiroshma was only 15 Kilotons. Someone more efficient with math will have to figure how many times more powerful that explosion was. Think about that explosion occuring somewhere besides Siberia!
Here is some info about that:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event
http://www.s-d-g.freeserve.co.uk/tunguska.html
http://www.psi.edu/projects/siberia/siberia.html
Spare Ithaca, only because Upstate New York is a truly beautiful place.
I say this, and tomorrow at noon I'm moving from Rochester to New Hampshire!
But, still... hehehehhe
I too saw, heard, and felt some coming from behind me! There were 3 that I remember, a green one, a blue one, and a red one, all of which were very bright, the last of which was very slow and got brighter. I even heard it!
Go here for the 12 hour loop to see the clearing trend in your area:
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_ir_us_loop-12.html
I don't think the Northeast is going to clear out enough, but I hope I'm wrong.
Lousy sky tonight. :-(
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.