Aug
14
2015
Yesterday Was The Peak Of The Perseid Meteor Shower
Author: siggyI awoke up early yesterday. It was about 4:30Am and went to the top of a hill in a crematory, took out a folding chair, sat and waited gazing at the sky and stars. Despite a large cover of clouds to the right I saw seven or eight shooting stars. I thought I would try, again, today. I only saw one shooting star but what a one it was! If you face your thumb sideways toward the sky and use that length and view the trail all the shooting stars made yesterday it was only that long. The one I saw this morning the trail it left was the length of three thumbs. I was thrilled. The meteor must have been a bigger one and it took longer to burn up into the atmosphere.
