PERDEIDS METEOR SHOWERS!
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| Thu, 08-12-2004 - 12:19am |
Hi momma's, the kids and I are staying up late hoping to catch the meteor showers. They are reported to be really good, and really easy to see! Here is an article about it!
"Unusually Good" Meteor Shower Expected Tonight
for National Geographic News
Updated August 11, 2004
The annual Perseid meteor shower, which peaks tonight, is poised to maintain its reputation for putting on a stellar show.
"It is really easy to view the Perseids compared to other meteor showers. Just put on some mosquito repellant and go outside," said Bill Cooke, a meteor-shower expert with the Space Environment Group at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
A nearly moon-free night and a predicted dense concentration of comet debris are combining to make this year's Perseids even better than usual, several astronomers are reporting.

Streaks across the sky over Death Valley, California, in an artist's painting. Wednesday night and early Thursday morning, the Perseid meteor shower is expected to give a spectacular display.
Painting by Duane Hilton, courtesy NASA
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