Friends,
For you astronomy buffs...The Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend; it is so named because the meteors appear to originate from the constellation Perseus. The best time to see it will be Sunday evening to sunrise Monday morning. There may be as many as 60 meteors per hour. There will be no moon, so it will make it easier to see the show, which will come from all directions. The annual Perseid shower occurs when the Earth's orbit crosses the path of debris thrown off by Comet Swift-Tuttle. As the space pebbles, rocks and the like — many the size of a grain of sand — enter the atmosphere, they burn up in a flash, appearing as "shooting stars" across the sky. Take it in and enjoy!
Don
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