Meteor Shower!!

[anni]

This morning featured something in this house which is genrally frowned upon- my 14 year old son saying 'OHNOOOOO'. At 5:45. This generally means somehing unsolvable requires solving between 5:45 and 6:15 when the bus arrives, hence frowned upon. THIS time? He'd forgotten to watch the meteor shower his science teacher told the class about. WELL. We packed UP, headed the 1/4 mile down in the dark to the bus stop early.

GOSHHHH gosh gosh. We climbed on out on the Taurus's frigid hood, laid there resisting the knee-jerk impulse to applaud as the sky rained bits of white light and magic, SUCH a let-down when dawn crept across the sky and the bus huffed into view. Rats. Coming back to the house, nothing felt the same- makes me smile today thinking thses same bits of white light are still rocketing over our heads while we rocket through our day. It's apparently going to be at it tonight, so thought I'd give anyone the head's up who might want to go climb onto a car roof or somewhere toastier to SEE this. No idea who can, or where it's visible- I'm in Pennsylvania, USA.

Awesome awesome awesome.

 

[ms spock]

Sounds great!

 

[Nighthawk]

I have not been able to see any of it from where I live. I really would have liked too. I think there are a few more nights or mornings of it.

 

[JustBe]

I have wonderful memories of watching meteor showers with my kids when they were little. By the time they were teens they stayed inside and told me I was nuts to stand out in the cold, but I still loved it!

Thanks for the heads up! :)

 

[Hashi]

Ohhhh, how lovely. Lucky you!

 

[anni]

SO lucky! It kind of makes up for not being as far north as I know some of you folks are, being able to see the Northern Lights ( just tried to spell the other term and registered a major FAIL.... ). Have to look up to see if it's also tonight- missed last night, rats!

 

[intothelight]

I caught part of it the other morning and even got to make a wish! :)

 

[JustBe]

It was cloudy all night here! :cry:


and now today the sky is clear! Go figure!:mad:

 

[Innordinate]

Northern Lights

Aurora Borealis ;)

I keep forgetting about the meteor shower. I'll have to try to remember tonight and let my oldest stay up late to watch too. She'd love it I think. Thanks for the reminder!

 

[Deleted member 12723]

That is wonderful news. It is too cloudly here. I hope you get alot of enjoyment out of it. What a good memory you were a part of.

 

[anni]

Hahahahaha! Thank you Inordinate!! This forum is better than spellcheck! Makes me laugh- I'd LOVEEE to blame the whole spelling thing on the dyslexia, think that'd be a load of cr*p, really. Decided finally I'm just an awful speller!!

 

[Whitneys story]

I actually saw it when I was very young! Was amazing how the color bounced in the sky? I remember having a hard time comprehending that is was from Alaska!