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Fleur @Fleura (34943) • United Kingdom 13 Aug

I wished on them and they were not satellites (with apologies to Billy Bragg). I read that it was the peak night to look out for the Perseid meteor shower, and since I am lucky enough to be out in the middle of the Welsh...

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Meteor lights up the sky in Georgia as one roof gets hit

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122105) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 30 Jul

A large meteor that was seen traveling in the sky over Georgia as well as a piece of space debris that happened on Thursday June 26 did cause minor damage to the roof of a home. Officials with the American Meteor Society (AMS)...

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Meteor Storm

Bensen32 @Bensen32 (28658) • United States 28 Mar 20

I posted earlier that I had gone through my pictures and there was one I seen that I had totally forgot about. I took this photo back in 2014 in the middle of the night of a meteor storm that was visible from where we live. This...

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Night Sky and a Falling Star

[eds] @ZedSmart (19839) • Philippines 9 Oct 19

I rarely witnessed the so called falling star however I’ve seen it a few times. During younger days, I heard it often that one must make a wish if he or she sees a falling star which I think absolutely not true and just a pure...

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August 18 - Let's discuss what happened on that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222285) • United States 18 Aug 19

Helium Discovery Day National Bad Poetry Day 1783 - A huge fireball meteor was seen across Great Britain. 1934 - Vincent Bugliosi was born. He was an American lawyer and author. He is best known for prosecuting Charles Manson...

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Meteor Crater

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222285) • United States 16 Jul 19

When we visited Arizona, one of the attractions we stopped to see was Meteor Crater, 37 miles east of Flagstaff in the northern Arizona desert. Meteor Crater was named after a nearby post office at the time named Meteor. It is...

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National meteor watch day!!

C @ShyBear88 (59342) • Sterling, Virginia 30 Jun 18

Happy Saturday! Today is National Meteor Watch day! So today is a good day to get with some friends in the evening and watch the stars you might just see a couple of meteors or showers. We might know them as called shooting stars...

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Disaster Movie Review - Avalanche

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 28 Jun 17

1978 - spoiler alerts One of the most atrociously laughable disaster movies ever made, and not surprisingly a box office disaster making it a disaster movie in a more literal sense than its makers intended. Disaster movies...

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I was going to try to watch the meteor shower last night but

marcyaz @Marcyaz (35316) • United States 13 Aug 15

I fell asleep and did not see this spectacular meteor shower last night but I understand it can also be seen tonight 8/13/15. Conditions are supposed to be really good for skygazers to see this. There is supposed to be another...

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When the earth will end?

Professor2010 @Professor2010 (20156) • India 28 Feb 13

There are tons of discussions on this, different dates were given but it never ended; we are still there. Well it will end one day, when? Nobody knows that. See this information by NASA about the meteor strike in...

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Are we safe?

dollar3235 @dollar3235 (2062) • India 16 Feb 13

This question came to my mind when I heard what happened in Russia. The meteor shower has injured more than 100 people in Russia, thank god, it hasn't happened in India or China otherwise, the casualty would have been much much...

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Meteor in Russia

jdawg011 @jdawg011 (498) • Canada 15 Feb 13

Yesterday, there were several videos posted of a meteor landing in Russia. It looked pretty exciting! Imagine seeing that first hand.

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Did anyone see the meteor display last night???

bjc66bjc @bjc66bjc (6730) • United States 14 Dec 12

I saw on the news that the stunning Germinid Meteor Shower wows some skywatcher last night...Did any one see it??? the news was reporting that they were shooing every 2 minutes but every time I got up put my coat on and went...

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Meteor blows up

ElicBxn @ElicBxn (64169) • United States 29 Aug 12

Above Wales. Have you heard about this? I think its pretty interesting. I like to watch the night sky, even if I don't get out like I used...

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have you actually seen a comet passing by

angelstrokes @angelstrokes (48) • United Arab Emirates 7 Feb 10

have you seen it.i heard it disappears in a fraction of a second.

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Have you seen a falling star?Do you believe in wishing on it?

rookie24 @rookie24 (80) • Philippines 17 Nov 09

There will be a meteor shower coming a few hours from now..are you going to watch it?i will!!!i believe in wishing on a falling star.at some point,it gives me hope to problems unsolved.maybe skeptics might not believe it but i...

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Metoer Shower in the Philippines!

invisiblelady @invisiblelady (1655) • Philippines 16 Nov 09

It's in the news-there will be a meteor shower today at eleven in the evening. But it will only be visible in Luzon especially in Metro Manila.

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Did anyone see the meteor shower last night?

Phyrre @phyrre (2317) • United States 13 Aug 09

I was rather excited at the prospect of getting to see the second meteor shower of my life. I tried Tuesday, but we got thunderstorms all night and then every time I checked last night I couldn't see anything. It was partially...

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Could Earth Be Hit, Like Jupiter Just Was?

ersmommy1 @ersmommy1 (12587) • United States 28 Jul 09

Most of us don't have the resources to even attempt to survive something like this. I was reading this interesting article. http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090728/sc_space/couldearthbehitlikejupiterjustwas What would you do or...

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Meteor vs Impact

stealthy @stealthy (8181) • United States 13 Jul 09

After only the first installment, Meteor wins hands down. It is faster paced, more accurate and believable scientifically, and has a much better leading lady. Marla Sokoloff is doing a great job in Meteor while Henstridge was...

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