August 11th, expect showers

United States
August 2, 2016 2:53am CST
Meteor Showers... And not just anywhere, but over Britain. I am entirely too exhausted to really put much effort into explaining the article. I will, however, say that I expect pictures if you are so lucky to witness the meteor shower. Have you ever witnessed such an event?
Stargazers will be treated to the best natural firework display for nearly a decade next week when the annual Perseid meteor shower peaks, bringing 200 shooting stars streaking across the sky every hour.
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Happy Lady and Freya the Catblog Cat
@Jackalyn (7558)
• Oxford, England
2 Aug 16
I had better put this in my diary now and plan a trip to somewhere to watch!
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
2 Aug 16
I hope you will enjoy it. Better to look for perfect vantage points now. I wonder if a lot of the parks and more hill like areas will be filled with people watching?
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Happy Lady and Freya the Catblog Cat
@Jackalyn (7558)
• Oxford, England
3 Aug 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum Probably. I will have to find a place by car. Where I am is flat.
Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
2 Aug 16
The Perseid Meteor shower is every the night of the 10th (Saint Lawrence). The Catholics refer to the Perseids as the "tears of Saint Lawrence". They are suspended in the sky and they return once a year on August 10, the date of that saint's martyrdom.
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
2 Aug 16
I was reading that on this article. It seems this one is still expected to be a bit more than usual because of other orbits causing more meteors this year.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
3 Aug 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum I have read this morning that today we can have problems due to a magnetic storm on the Sun.
Toni
@toniganzon (77183)
• Philippines
2 Aug 16
I havne't witnessed a meteor shower though I would love to see one.
Toni
@toniganzon (77183)
• Philippines
3 Aug 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum if we get lucky.
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
2 Aug 16
As would I! Perhaps one day, yeah?
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Sky
@skysnap (20152)
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2 Aug 16
We have some rain here in this side of the world too.
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
2 Aug 16
Well it is raining but that's not what this post was about...
The Horse
@TheHorse (238317)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Aug 16
I enjoy watching meteors. I don't seek out showers, but I do seek out places (like Montana) where the sky is truly dark. You'll see "shooting stars" on any given clear night there.
Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
5 Aug 16
There were meteor showers here about six months ago but I missed them because I forgot and went to bed. My son happened to be working and said it was quite a show.
Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
2 Aug 16
Well we have plenty of great UK members so I think at least one of them should get a shot of the meteors.