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Supermoon Sunday & the Perseid Meteor Showers!
06 Aug 2014 14:58 #1
by otisptoadwater
Aug. 10 brings the start of the "Old Faithful" of meteor showers, the Perseids, as well as a super moon.
The prolific Perseids show up once a year, in August, filling the night sky with as many as 80 shooting stars an hour. This year's show coincides with the arrival of a super moon, which occurs when the Earth and moon are at their closest.
Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/08/06/perseids-meteor-shower-super-moon-aug-10/13473973/
I'm gonna make a COSTCO run to stock up on sky viewing supplies, should be one hell of a light show!
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Supermoon Sunday & the Perseid Meteor Showers! was created by otisptoadwater
Aug. 10 brings the start of the "Old Faithful" of meteor showers, the Perseids, as well as a super moon.
The prolific Perseids show up once a year, in August, filling the night sky with as many as 80 shooting stars an hour. This year's show coincides with the arrival of a super moon, which occurs when the Earth and moon are at their closest.
Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/08/06/perseids-meteor-shower-super-moon-aug-10/13473973/
I'm gonna make a COSTCO run to stock up on sky viewing supplies, should be one hell of a light show!
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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