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Title: Stupid Perseid Meteor Shower!
Post by: Michael Alexander on August 12, 2009, 06:14:23 PM
So this evening , the girls and I grabbed our blankets and cushions climbed on the trampoline , lay down and started to scan the night skies for meteors..... they said 2nite would be the big one, I read up today online about this meteor shower, the biggest for the year..... after sitting in the cold for 30 minutes.... only spotting two shooting stars, 6 sats and a plane..... the cold started to bite.... we went back inside and climbed online to find out where the heck my meteors went to...... turns out, the Southern hemisphere ain;t the right place to be...... bloody northern hemisphere meteors....

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Title: Re: Stupid Perseid Meteor Shower!
Post by: Diana Rudd (Boehme) on August 12, 2009, 06:17:25 PM
I found that very funny, realy did laugh out loud.....oh my sense of humour.         fireworks1

Title: Re: Stupid Perseid Meteor Shower!
Post by: Mike Voden (RIP) on August 12, 2009, 06:20:00 PM
I feel sorry for Shannon & Cameron
Title: Re: Stupid Perseid Meteor Shower!
Post by: Alfred Boehme on August 12, 2009, 07:21:58 PM
 msn emoticon (68) Mike A my plane has'nt landed still waiting for the big ship to come in, I will let you know when u must go watch the meteors again

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Title: Re: Stupid Perseid Meteor Shower!
Post by: Michael Alexander on August 12, 2009, 07:24:19 PM
mmmh! This gets better, I forgot that I mentioned to my brother Paul about this meteor shower, just got a phonecall from him, demanding to know where these meteors of mine had gone to......

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Title: Re: Stupid Perseid Meteor Shower!
Post by: Mike Voden (RIP) on August 12, 2009, 07:46:22 PM
Come to think of it, Kelvin too
Title: Re: Stupid Perseid Meteor Shower!
Post by: Andrew Darné on August 13, 2009, 12:17:38 AM
From as far south as we are, probably won't see much. If one was deep in the dunes away from surrounding light sources and with a clear view to the north you might see a few smallies popping up from the northern horizon.

Northern hemisphere still the best for this specific event.

I recall similar meteor activity in the late 80's and thinking it a great idea to camp out on the roof of my folks house to watch it all... I awoke about 2 hours later, freezing my bits off because the soggy mist had roled in...