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My_Bad_Side
Alien Abductee
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 Posted - 08/12/2002 : 7:17:25 PM
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I thought everyone could use a good shower, so I got this together... Enjoy!
Peek Monday at Perseid Meteors
By Discovery News
Aug. 12 — The Perseid meteor shower peaks Monday night, and the Northern Hemisphere is expected to have excellent views of the annual show.
So called because the meteors appear to come out of the constellation Perseus, the heaviest Perseid showers will send up to 80 meteors per hour across the northeast sky at about 2:00 a.m. ET, for mid-northern latitudes. For non-night owls, the showers will be visible against a very dark sky in the late evening, though they won't be as intense, according to NASA.
The Perseid meteor showers rain down each August when the Earth runs through the debris from comet Swift-Tuttle.
The meteors are caused when the sand-sized particles from the debris slam into Earth's atmosphere at 132,000 miles per hour (59 kilometer sec), rubbing atmospheric molecules into a brief glow.
Comet Swift-Tuttle was first recorded by the Chinese in 69 B.C., and the Perseid meteors were first written about in 36 A.D.
The best way to watch the Perseids is to lie beneath the night sky in a reclining lawn chair, according to Gary Kronk, author of the book "Cometography."
"If you're in the Northern Hemisphere, the display is best observed if you lay with your feet pointing somewhere between the southern and eastern horizon and look straight up," Kronk explains on his Web site. "If you are in the Southern Hemisphere lay with your feet pointing northward and look to the region about halfway up from the horizon.
I'm schizophrenic. And so am I. am I. am I. am I. |
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KevinLesko
Alien Abductee
3712 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2002 : 8:04:34 PM
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Thanks for the reminder, I had forgotten!
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LizT
Fluffy-Esque
USA
1687 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2002 : 8:59:02 PM
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At least it's warm out for this one. I froze my ass off watching the last one! LOL!
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My_Bad_Side
Alien Abductee
2000 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2002 : 11:08:53 PM
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And where's Evergreen to tell us, anyway? She's the one that's supposed to tell us about this stuff.....
I'm schizophrenic. And so am I. am I. am I. am I. |
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KevinLesko
Alien Abductee
3712 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2002 : 11:21:10 PM
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Ahhhhhhh, the atmosphere, ahhhhhhhhh....
ahhhh, the atmosphere.... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Jay
Alien Abductee
Vatican City
2279 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2002 : 02:03:35 AM
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Did I reply to this?
Me and my friend saw a few last night through teh clouds...really cool...
Jay
" It's a scavenger hunt in the best of times, a one armed man with a box of dimes. Throw the stick and let the bulldog roll." KJP |
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Captain Petersburgh
Yak Addict
Canada
779 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2002 : 8:42:32 PM
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did i reply to this?
u just did
yeah i herd about that. i dind't want to stay up for it though
i'm keepin' TIMe with my own set of keys.... |
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LizT
Fluffy-Esque
USA
1687 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2002 : 8:53:08 PM
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Hey Evergreen..... Miss ya girl!!!
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revrendmaynard14
Chatterbox
USA
359 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2002 : 12:56:04 AM
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Meteror and the atmosphere are always rather interesting.
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Jay
Alien Abductee
Vatican City
2279 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2002 : 12:57:38 AM
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But nothing is like the CAnadian night sky...wow...lemme tell you what! Damn...
Jay
" It's a scavenger hunt in the best of times, a one armed man with a box of dimes. Throw the stick and let the bulldog roll." KJP |
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revrendmaynard14
Chatterbox
USA
359 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2002 : 01:00:23 AM
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I wanna go to Canada, that'd be fun, and Australia, and Africa, and some other places too.
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KevinLesko
Alien Abductee
3712 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2002 : 01:44:46 AM
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So did anyone see anything? Unfortunately I didnt see a thing, my roommate and I walked around campus pulling on doors, trying to find an unlocked one that would lead us to a roof of one of the school buildings, unfortunately by the time we found some, the friggin fog rolled in and we couldnt see the sky (an unfortunate side effect of living on the coast) :-( On the plus-side, I did bring my camera and i got some really cool pictures of the campus from high up at night.
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
6501 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2002 : 05:26:18 AM
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unfortunately by the time we found some, the friggin fog rolled in
I'm assuming you mean smog.......
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Captain Petersburgh
Yak Addict
Canada
779 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2002 : 3:05:38 PM
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naw i didn't even stay up for it. ii went to bed and slept
i'm keepin' TIMe with my own set of keys.... |
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KevinLesko
Alien Abductee
3712 Posts |
Posted - 08/16/2002 : 4:05:05 PM
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haha, smog, fog, whats the difference... we have a saying here in CA when it comes to the air, If you can't see it, why breathe it?
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My_Bad_Side
Alien Abductee
2000 Posts |
Posted - 08/16/2002 : 6:13:32 PM
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I just laughed out loud....good one Kevin...
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Is this legal, man? - - - Only here and in Mississippi. |
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
6501 Posts |
Posted - 08/17/2002 : 8:54:46 PM
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Aaaahhhhh.....you'll never know how true that really is.
"I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows." |
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Captain Petersburgh
Yak Addict
Canada
779 Posts |
Posted - 08/17/2002 : 9:51:15 PM
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good point kev. like one of my friends said..."there's no proof air is real"
i'm keepin' TIMe with my own set of keys.... |
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NeverKillADream
Yak Addict
USA
652 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2002 : 12:45:37 AM
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i missed it, but ill lie and say i saw it, lol
Using The Force Daily...
NeverKillADream@aol.com |
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usefulidiot76
Chatterbox
USA
103 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2002 : 12:51:07 AM
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i saw a green shooting star tonight. wonder if it means anything?
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NeverKillADream
Yak Addict
USA
652 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2002 : 12:53:07 AM
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it means you have lesbian tendencies...
Using The Force Daily...
NeverKillADream@aol.com |
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usefulidiot76
Chatterbox
USA
103 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2002 : 12:59:28 AM
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no i do not.....
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NeverKillADream
Yak Addict
USA
652 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2002 : 01:00:19 AM
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either that, or it means that you wanna.... n/m lol
Using The Force Daily...
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usefulidiot76
Chatterbox
USA
103 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2002 : 01:02:34 AM
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i wanna what? what bitch..i will kick your ass....
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KevinLesko
Alien Abductee
3712 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2002 : 02:47:31 AM
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haha, that reminds me of when we were hanging out in Hollywood Jason, when you asked me "what is that layer of stuff out there"? Yup, thats our good ol air.
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My_Bad_Side
Alien Abductee
2000 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2002 : 02:59:32 AM
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Did I say that? Boy I feel silly...
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NeverKillADream
Yak Addict
USA
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KevinLesko
Alien Abductee
3712 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2002 : 3:16:06 PM
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and it was pretty clear that day too!
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Captain Petersburgh
Yak Addict
Canada
779 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2002 : 5:04:25 PM
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it all started when jay told one of our friends that just cuz u couldn't see somthin' dosn't mean u can't prove it. then mike shot back "there's no proff air is real"
i'm keepin' TIMe with my own set of keys.... |
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
6501 Posts |
Posted - 08/19/2002 : 12:33:43 AM
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Yeah there is.........you just need a very powerful microscope.......or if you're in L.A., 20/20 vision.
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NeverKillADream
Yak Addict
USA
652 Posts |
Posted - 08/20/2002 : 01:07:11 AM
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had to have been there on that one i guess
Using The Force Daily...
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Perseid Meteor Shower Scheduled For Tonight.
