The Perseids are Coming


	The Perseids are Coming

tabsey

8-4-2009 6:56 AM

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tabsey says:

Now you will be able to explain to the grandkids why there are so many shooting stars in August.

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8-4-2009 11:32 AM

Rustee

It's certainly my favorite meteor shower.

8-4-2009 3:28 PM

tanyamm

My favourite too.

8-5-2009 12:57 AM

Rustee

Hey, seems this year's has potential for an impressive peak.

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                    the source of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Although the 
                    shower won't peak until August 11th and 12th, the show is 
                    already getting underway.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/31jul_perseids2009.htm"><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Brian 
                    Emfinger of Ozark, Arkansas, photographed this early Perseid 
                    just after midnight on Sunday, July 26th:</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/31jul_perseids2009.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/science.nasa.gov/img/67CB0A7F-DEB9-4D74-BB0E-87B947593383" alt="A Perseid Fireball" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/31jul_perseids2009.htm"><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Don't 
                    get too excited, cautions Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment 
                    Office. "We're just in the outskirts of the debris stream 
                    now. If you go out at night and stare at the sky, you'll probably 
                    only see a few Perseids per hour."</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/31jul_perseids2009.htm"><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">This will change, however, as August unfolds.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/31jul_perseids2009.htm"><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">"Earth 
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