A meteor shower isn’t just one of the best free light shows around, it makes you stare at the sky and think about stuff from the magnitude of the heavens to how easy it would be for something to smack into the Earth and snuff us out like a candle.
The source of the Geminids is a mysterious object named 3200 Phaethon. “No one can decide what it is,” says Cooke.
Watching a meteor shower with your kids is a great way to get them interested in astronomy.
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Yeah, but can you control the display from a web-page? (sarcasm)
Can you clear the sky of clouds so someone can See it??
(waves hands vigorously)
Go look now.
But I don’t WANT to think about something smacking the earth and snuffing me out like a candle.
Besides, it’s still foggy here.
Two Words: “Light Polution”
Forget it! go get some sleep…
Gee Smartalix…..when getting your kids interested in Astronomy…..I hope you didn’t scare the bejesus out of them with the **smack into the Earth and snuff us out like a candle** speech!!!!! 🙂
When the blackout hit NYC a few years back the sky looked FANTASTIC. Considering how naked we are sitting here, when I pointed that aspect out to a friend who was with me at the time, he also pointed out that we are protected by those same naked distances that expose us.
The sky (Stars) in Australia in the center near Uluru (the rock) are worth the 30hr trip.
Smartalix,
I hope to be able to watch the display with my seven yr old daughter. She has expressed an interest in space. I only hope the weather cooperates. The forecast is for partly cloudy skies, breezy, and cool.