Intense Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/12/091213-geminids-geminid-meteor-shower-tonigh...
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Coming fast on the heels of its more famous cousin the Leonid meteor shower—which peaked less than a month ago—the Geminid show should feature as many as 140 shooting stars per hour between Sunday evening and Monday morning.
The Geminids are slow meteors that create beautiful long arcs across the sky—many lasting a second or two.
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Coming fast on the heels of its more famous cousin the Leonid meteor shower—which peaked less than a month ago—the Geminid show should feature as many as 140 shooting stars per hour between Sunday evening and Monday morning.
The Geminids are slow meteors that create beautiful long arcs across the sky—many lasting a second or two.
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Jimtown
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Who's going to drop a Hasselhofmann and enjoy the show!? :D
- 2 years ago
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Jimtown
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bailey78
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Thats just great it's cloudy and over cast here in south texas. won't be able to see diddly squat. i enjoy watching te sky at night. i wish my camera would take photos of the night sky. maybe Santa will bring me a better one for christmas if only. can any one tell me if there is a photo thread in which I can get info on how to take better pictures?
- 2 years ago
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bailey78
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Chique
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Definitely worth losing sleep over . . . thanks for the reminder V.
- 2 years ago
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Chique
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ThoughtNu
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Break out the blankets, hot beverages and don't forget da tunes!
- 2 years ago
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ThoughtNu
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Progresshiv
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Nice. The cosmic clock keeps ticking despite our craziness.
- 2 years ago
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Progresshiv
