THE GEMINID METEOR SHOWER

[Anonymous 14]

The Geminid meteor shower is peaking today, Dec. 14th, as Earth passes through a stream of gravelly debris from rock comet 3200 Phaethon. Spotters working with the International Meteor Organization are reporting as many as 80 meteors per hour in ideally-dark observing sites:

http://spaceweather.com/

[Anonymous 42]

I hope a rare metals meteor (platinum) the size of a garbage can lands here in one piece! I’ll sell it on eBay and RETIRE! IN LUXURY!

[TrailbossParticipant 1844]

Why, oh Why can’t one of those big as rocks slam into the planet somewhere and cause a mass extinction? I’d f~~~ing LOVE to have that be my last vision on Earth! LoL

An educated, armed populace cannot be enslaved.

[HermitParticipant]

And of course it’s gonna’ be cloudy tonight. Damn clouds messed up my chance to see the total eclipse in August. I got to see the lame partial where I live, but where I wanted to drive to see totality, it was supposed to be raining so I didn’t go.

Tomorrow night’s supposed to be clear, maybe there’ll be a few to see then.

The evil in women’s hearts leaves them no moral bounds as to inhibit them from descending to the lowest levels of darkness to acquire their self entitled desires.

[CarnageParticipant 22113]

Trailboss wrote:

Why, oh Why can’t one of those big as rocks slam into the planet somewhere and cause a mass extinction? I’d f~~~ing LOVE to have that be my last vision on Earth! LoL

Are you an alien also?

I have another brother, that makes me feel really good.

Come giant meteor we are awaiting.

To those following me, be careful, I just farted. Men those beans are killers.

[TrailbossParticipant 1844]

LoL! Sometimes I feel like an alien……I really feel like I do not belong here, or was born into the wrong century…..

An educated, armed populace cannot be enslaved.

[Anonymous 14]

Hermit wrote:

And of course it’s gonna’ be cloudy tonight. Damn clouds messed up my chance to see the total eclipse in August. I got to see the lame partial where I live, but where I wanted to drive to see totality, it was supposed to be raining so I didn’t go.

Tomorrow night’s supposed to be clear, maybe there’ll be a few to see then.

Ya never know Brother, those clouds could break for an hour or two and you could have a memorable experience. Although 80 per hour isn’t the best rate count, it is still considerable and there is always a chance of a meteor storm

That ^ actually happened.

[PistolPeteParticipant 27143]

I watched for about an hour last night and it was pretty good. About one every five minutes—but we had light clouds too.

[HermitParticipant]

Anonymous wrote:

Hermit wrote:

And of course it’s gonna’ be cloudy tonight. Damn clouds messed up my chance to see the total eclipse in August. I got to see the lame partial where I live, but where I wanted to drive to see totality, it was supposed to be raining so I didn’t go.

Tomorrow night’s supposed to be clear, maybe there’ll be a few to see then.

Ya never know Brother, those clouds could break for an hour or two and you could have a memorable experience. Although 80 per hour isn’t the best rate count, it is still considerable and there is always a chance of a meteor storm

That ^ actually happened.

I appreciate your optimism, my friend, but it’s supposed to be cloudy all night. I will go out a few times tonight to check though, even though I’ve read the best time is really early before sunrise. I’m not gettin’ up that early.

The evil in women’s hearts leaves them no moral bounds as to inhibit them from descending to the lowest levels of darkness to acquire their self entitled desires.

[MarketWatcherParticipant]

Can’t see the stars due to the city lights. Kind of sucks. So, no meteor shower for me.

[StargazerParticipant 12505]

I saw two meteors last night during my walk from the house to the car.

Drive about 20 minutes away from whatever town you’re in, lie down on the ground and let your eyes adjust to the dark and your gaze relax and you’ll see plenty.

[HermitParticipant]

The weather report was unfortunately dead on with all the cloud cover. Couldn’t see s~~~ above the clouds. Hopefully there will be some clear skies and left over meteors tonight.

The evil in women’s hearts leaves them no moral bounds as to inhibit them from descending to the lowest levels of darkness to acquire their self entitled desires.

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