shooting star
Meteor showers happen 2-3 times a year. But I'd never seen one.
Until now.
I'd heard that this year's Perseid showers would be magnificent. I decided that I needed to see the show.
40 years ago my neighborhood was all farmlands and woods. These days it's a suburb pretending to be rural. So it's fairly dark at night, you can see a lot of stars.
So a couple of nights ago I stayed up past midnight, and then went outside. It was a cool, comfortable night. the crickets were chirping and the tree frogs were singing, and in the distance I could hear an owl hooting.
I looked up at the stars and I tried to spot a meteor. I tried really, really hard. And all I saw were the stars getting blurry.
When I decided to relax and just enjoy the stars....
I started to see ...something...with my peripheral vision. Not sure what I saw, I think I just sensed some movement, but when I turned to look...nothing.
And then I saw it.
A small pinpoint of light, travelling across the night sky, leaving just a thin wisp of a trail behind it.
Exquisite.
Until now.
I'd heard that this year's Perseid showers would be magnificent. I decided that I needed to see the show.
40 years ago my neighborhood was all farmlands and woods. These days it's a suburb pretending to be rural. So it's fairly dark at night, you can see a lot of stars.
So a couple of nights ago I stayed up past midnight, and then went outside. It was a cool, comfortable night. the crickets were chirping and the tree frogs were singing, and in the distance I could hear an owl hooting.
I looked up at the stars and I tried to spot a meteor. I tried really, really hard. And all I saw were the stars getting blurry.
When I decided to relax and just enjoy the stars....
I started to see ...something...with my peripheral vision. Not sure what I saw, I think I just sensed some movement, but when I turned to look...nothing.
And then I saw it.
A small pinpoint of light, travelling across the night sky, leaving just a thin wisp of a trail behind it.
Exquisite.
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