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 OneMoreRobot3021
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 Perseid Meteor Shower 
#2990254 - 08/11/04 08:17 AM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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Anyone know how visible this will be in the NE part of the US? I know the PNW can see it just fine...I'll be getting out of the city tonight and out into the country somewhat where the air is clear...can't wait to sneak out with my girlfriend and our friend to her trampoline, smoke a fat bowl and lay down bouncing lightly while the meteors buzz by!
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Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake.
-Erik Davis
Edited by OneMoreRobot3021 (08/11/04 08:53 AM)
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 McKennaFan200
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Sounds like a hell of a time. I haven't even heard of the meteor shower. I live in Maine and I hope it's visible here. Cool beans.
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-Erik Davis
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McKennaFan200
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Great link, much thanks man. That would be cool as hell to see, haven't seen a meteor shower in a while.
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OneMoreRobot3021
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The annual Perseid Meteor Shower is underway with peak activity expected after midnight and during the early morning hours of August 12. As the "fireballs" streak high overhead you will get to see another spectacular sight right before sunup. Look over towards the eastern horizon around 4:30 a.m. for a beautiful crescent Moon, brilliant Venus and a bright Saturn adorning the predawn sky. And in the background you will find some of the brightest stars of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere located in the constellations Orion, Taurus and Gemini. You'll also see the "V-shaped" Hyades (with its bright, orange star Aldebaran) and the Pleiades star clusters directly above the "shield" of Orion.
That's for outer New York, so I don't see why the clear skies of Maine wouldn't offer you the same! The peak is from midnight to dawn...puff session at 1 AM!!
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Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake.
-Erik Davis
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Venus and Saturn too? Jeeeze, I'm definitely staying outside to watch this. Awesome.
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I got thunderstorms where I'm at. What a bummer.
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Ripple
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I hope it's clear out
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McKennaFan200
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Oh shit, I forgot all about the thunderstorms today and tomorrow. Damn...
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OneMoreRobot3021
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 Re: Perseid Meteor Shower [Re: Ripple]
#2990368 - 08/11/04 09:00 AM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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Me too, my girlfriend lives in Westchester and the skies there are ridiculously clear compared to NYC so it'll be a relief to not only be under the stars, but hundreds of flaming rocks too
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-Erik Davis
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Ripple
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I believe it's going to peak at about 5 AM
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Re: Perseid Meteor Shower [Re: Ripple]
#2990435 - 08/11/04 09:22 AM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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I got thunderstorms in the forcast for the next 2 days and I can't see a lick of blue anywhere in the sky this morning.
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Re: Perseid Meteor Shower [Re: Adom]
#2990473 - 08/11/04 09:32 AM (19 years, 8 months ago) |
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Same here Adom. 100% gray. Not cool.
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OneMoreRobot3021
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Damn i just checked the forecast for where I'll be and right at midnight the chance of thunderstorms jumps from 60 to 95 percent..
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Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake.
-Erik Davis
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McKennaFan200
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I was looking forward to this shit....and now....can't even see it.
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OneMoreRobot3021
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Got any sparklers? I mean, not quite the same thing, but... 
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Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake.
-Erik Davis
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Adom
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Go buy a plane ticket, they'll take you up there.
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Adom
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YES!
It cleared off and it looks like it just may stay this way! w00t!
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Ripple
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yeah the weather is gonna suck here
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Shit- that's some of the best news I've heard lately (thanks for the info onemorerobot3021- thanks tons), and a storm jsut chased my ass inside. I have to find my sparklers...... with no sparklers I'll be left with this bic lighter-...oh! And this bowl....-Oh! And this sack of..... No- seriously though- cool link- good looking out.
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