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Humuhumu
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Joined: Aug 22, 2002
Posts: 3536
From: San Francisco
|  Posted: 2004-08-11 6:48 pm Permalink
Don't forget to look for the Perseid meteor shower tonight, best viewed between 1-3am (in any time zone). I don't imagine I'll have much luck seeing them in the heart of Los Angeles, but I'll be looking anyway.
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tikijackalope
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Joined: Oct 23, 2003
Posts: 814
From: KS/MO
| Posted: 2004-08-11 7:05 pm Permalink
Thanks for the reminder; it should be clear here in central KS. I generally go outside the city as even in these small towns we have light pollution. However, the last few years there have been some bright enough to see if I just lay on my roof.
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Feelin' Zombified
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Joined: Jul 15, 2003
Posts: 1328
From: The Exotic Shores of Lake St. Clair
| Posted: 2004-08-11 7:07 pm Permalink
Thanks for the tip! Maybe it'll be my dog's lucky night and I'll actually get up to take him out when he whines at 2am (it's not because he has to "go", he likes to hunt bunnies at night)
-Z
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Humuhumu
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Joined: Aug 22, 2002
Posts: 3536
From: San Francisco
| Posted: 2004-08-11 7:11 pm Permalink
I actually saw them pretty well from my house in Seattle two years ago, which surprised me. Seattle's got a fair amount of light pollution. While they're peaking tonight, I'm likely to be driving down Sunset Blvd. on my way home from Tiki-Ti, so I'll be shocked if I see anything.  I'm hoping it'll be better once I get home.
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Unkle John
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Joined: Oct 22, 2003
Posts: 1216
From: Middle-of-the-Ocean, TX
| Posted: 2004-08-11 7:50 pm Permalink
10 years ago during the metetor shower I was a cabin boy then 15 mins later I was a cabin man!
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Jax Tiki
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Joined: Dec 21, 2002
Posts: 137 | Posted: 2004-08-12 6:29 pm Permalink
I'd been waiting three weeks to see the celestial show and now Florida is clouded over due to two hurricanes expected over the next three days!
Looks like a Blockbuster Video weekend.
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martiki
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Joined: Mar 29, 2002
Posts: 3056
From: http://www.smugglerscovesf.com
| Posted: 2004-08-13 10:13 am Permalink
Thanks for the heads up on that one. It looked great from our place in the burbs!
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Unga Bunga
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Joined: Jun 06, 2003
Posts: 5734
From: CaliTikifornia
| Posted: 2004-08-13 10:20 am Permalink
I have always been fortunate to have the Geminid shower on my birthday.
Natural fireworks on your birthday ain't bad.
http://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/showers/geminids.html
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