[Vision2020] meteor shower

[Tami Stinebaugh]

Well, unfortunately, I got busy last night and missed
them.  lol.  Hopefully tonight we'll see them.  We
will be camping so the night sky should be beautiful
without all the city lights.  

Tami Stinebaugh

--- keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com> wrote:

> One of my favorite memories was the night in
> Snohomish, Washington, that we 
> pulled our mattress out on our second-story deck and
> all huddled in our 
> sleeping bags to watch the most astonishing natural
> display of power and 
> beauty I've ever seen.  The mattress got soaked with
> dew, the deck creaked 
> mightily, I caught a cold, and my oldest son got
> pine sap and bird doo all 
> over his hair.
> 
> It was a wonderful night!
> 
> So, Tami, I echo Melynda's thanks and hope to see it
> tonight.
> 
> keely emerine mix
> 
> From: Melynda Huskey <melyndahuskey at earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: Melynda Huskey
> <melyndahuskey at earthlink.net>
> To: Tami Stinebaugh <stinebaugh4 at yahoo.com>,
> vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] meteor shower
> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:16:58 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
> 
> Dear Tami,
> 
> Thanks so much for the FYI.  We all stayed up extra
> late and then watched 
> from our hammock--well wrapped up, I have to say,
> since it's getting pretty 
> chilly at night.  The meteors were amazing.  Lots of
> small ones, and several 
> truly spectacular ones that fell for an amazingly
> long time.
> 
> There should be pretty good meteors again tonight,
> if you missed them last 
> night.  They seemed to be falling all over, not just
> in one spot, so I 
> recommend a place where you can get a full view of
> the sky.  I also highly 
> recommend lying down to look; you'll get a terrible
> crick in your neck 
> otherwise.
> 
> Thanks again for the information!
> 
> Melynda Huskey
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tami Stinebaugh <stinebaugh4 at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Aug 11, 2005 11:59 AM
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] meteor shower
> 
> Just an fyi for those who are interested...
> 
> Tami Stinebaugh
> 
> http://spaceweather.com
> 
> The Perseid meteor shower is underway.  The shower's
> broad peak extends from August 11th through 13th,
> with
> August 12th being best.  If you get away from bright
> city lights and watch the sky between local midnight
> and dawn on Friday morning, August 12th, you can
> expect to see dozens to hundreds of meteors.
> 
> The planet Mars is out during the Perseid meteor
> shower, too.  It's that bright red "star" high in
> the
> eastern sky before dawn.  Many Perseid meteors will
> appear to fly past Mars on Friday morning--a pretty
> sight.
> 
> And speaking of Mars, beware the Mars Hoax.  A rumor
> about the red planet continues to spread via email.
> The message claims that Mars will come so close to
> Earth on August 27th that it looks as big as the
> full
> Moon.  In fact, Mars is approaching Earth for a
> close
> encounter in October--not August.  October's close
> approach will indeed be beautiful, but Mars will
> never
> rival the Moon.
> 
> Get the full story, plus sky maps, pictures of
> Perseids, and solar activity updates at
> Spaceweather.com.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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