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Perseid meteor shower....

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.....anyone else daft enough to spend the evening in the garden watching it? I took both girls out onto the green near us with a blanket and we watched. And we watched, then we waited and then we waited a bit more. Eldest saw one, I saw two then middle daughter was upset as she hadn't seen any. Eventually put her to bed about 11.30 with a big grin on her face after she finally saw one - a really bright one too. I've seen about 14 onight - really clear skies but a lot of light pollution and a really bright moon.

 

Stuff like that amazes me, nature is just SO incredible :D

 

BeckyBoo

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Apparently there were going to be lots of photos on Twitter.....

 

We watched between nightfall and the moon rising so that there wasn't too much moonlight and we saw lots! :D We saw fewer as the moon rose. We were lucky that the cloud didn't arrive as early as the weather forecast predicted.

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Pants weather last night but forecast clear tonight so YES I will be up with the camera shutter wide open.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8196385.stm

 

I think this stuff is wonderful.

 

Here's the moon and venus last December from my back garden.

 

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A total Eclipse from Ghana in 2005 where we went for OH's 50th

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You can see why they are addictive.

Oh, if only I had the money I'd go tornado chasing too.

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oh I knew nothing about this - is it on again tonight? hot tub is perfect for this kinda thing - you can sit there and watch in comfort and there isn't any light pollution here either.

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We are forecast to be overcast here tonight but if it is still visible on Thursday night will have a look then. It is annoying because we watched the moon rise last night after going to see Cheltenham town get knocked out of the Carling Cup but we didn't know about it so we were only watching the moon. Funny because I said ooh there's a shooting star but it was only a plane :oops::lol:

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