That Time Of Year - Perseids Meteor Shower Coming Up Next Week

[Blaze]

Well, from what I understood not every eara was getting the shots.

In my area, the stream was not to rise on the horizon until 11 pm, yet we were to step in to the meteor stream left by the comet about 9 pm. That would be 2 hours into the travel through the stream even before getting one view for me.

Bug spray is your friend

[Hardrock69]

Off! makes a bug spray now that smells like oranges. When I step out to sit there in the darkness, I spray my arms heavy, wipe a little of it on my face, and spray the crap out of my shoes and lower jeans to stop the ticks from trying to grab a free ride.

Like I said, it is sorta like weather predicting. They can predict where we are in our orbit every year (well, duh!), but as to what kind of meteor shower we can expect, that can only be discovered by waiting and seeing what happens. I can't tell ya how many times I have stepped off the porch at night to look at the sky and seen a meteor, even when it is a time of year not even close to when the scheduled meteor showers are.

[Seshmeister]

It's amazing to think that you can see something just the size of a grain of sand from that distance.

[Hardrock69]

It's amazing to think that you can see something just the size of a grain of sand from that distance.

No kidding. I mean, these motherfuckers are like 50-60 miles above the Earth's surface or some shit.

But then, YOU travel at 80,000 mph and see how bright you become when you flame out!