I was referring to Jody's somewhat obtuse reference.
I don't know a lot about the persiads but I do know of them. The only time I
was far enough from a major city to think about photographing them was last
year when I was in Texas about this time. Didn't have the proper
equipment with me at the time.
At 06:17 AM 8/20/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi, Peter,
>
>Every mid-August, the earth goes through some sort of dust cloud, so there
>are meteor showers for a few nights. They are not too visible in cities due
>to light pollution. This year, the best night was last Sunday, August 12,
>between midnight and 4am ('cause that's when the sky is darkest). Some years
>are better than others (depending on how deep into the cloud we go through).
>Depending on how bad the light pollution is in your area, you can see several
>dozen to hundreds of meteors.
>
>NASA has a site that tells you all about it, but I'm pressed for time, so I
>can't find the url right now.
>
>regards,
>frank
>
>Peter Alling wrote:
>
> > I should know what's being alluded to here but the reference escapes me.
> >
>
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>fears it is true." -J. Robert
>Oppenheimer
>
>
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