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lamp_shade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-15-09 05:37 AM
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Just saw the most beautiful shooting star... the brightest I've ever seen.
I'm south of Tampa and it was heading ESE toward Miami. It was moving rather slowly... took at least 5 seconds.
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-15-09 05:39 AM
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1. Geminid Meteor Shower
Coming fast on the heels of its more famous cousin the Leonid meteor shower—which peaked less than a month ago—the Geminid show should feature as many as 140 shooting stars per hour between Sunday evening and Monday morning.

The Geminids are slow meteors that create beautiful long arcs across the sky—many lasting a second or two.

Favoring observers in the Northern Hemisphere, the Geminids are expected to be most frequent within two hours of 1:10 a.m. ET in the wee hours of Monday.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/12/091211-geminids-geminid-meteor-shower-tonight.html
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Delphinus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-15-09 06:33 AM
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2. Lucky you!
I hope you made the best wish ever!
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Faryn Balyncd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-15-09 10:48 AM
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3. Is this a metaphorical double entendre?
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