Don't forget the Perseids tonight!!

[Ryan Thomas]

Heya All - just a reminder that the Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight!

This years shower is supposed to be more than *double* the number of meteors than usual, due to the gravitational influence of Jupiter.

Last night was pretty spectacular already, so many fireballs!
Get out *LATE* - like 1 or 2am and you will see something neat.
This pic is from last night, overlooking the Pala valley from the top of Palomar Mountain, CA.
This was a very tiny meteor in comparison to the fireballs I was seeing (but didn't manage to snap).

 

[Ryan Thomas]

This was one of the fireballs - a green one - that went really low across the horizon for a good ways... Just not a very well framed picture.

 

[Chris]

Sigh... I always love seeing your photos.

I'm afraid we might not be able to see much here in the city. Too much light pollution

 

[TJ4Jim]

Sigh... I always love seeing your photos.

I'm afraid we might not be able to see much here in the city. Too much light pollution

Same here with NYC 20 miles to the North.

 

[Chris]

It's tragic... I wish we lived somewhere where there wasn't the amount of light pollution there is.

 

[Ryan Thomas]

Sigh... I always love seeing your photos.

I'm afraid we might not be able to see much here in the city. Too much light pollution

Thanks! I have a lot of fun going places and taking them
You just need to point east a ways and get out of all that light for a little bit!

 

[Ahoragi]

Unfortunately it's cloudy with thunderstorms 2nite.

 

[Stinger]

We waited a good 5 minutes and didn't see a thing.