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This morning, Friday 12, the Perseid meteor shower is at its peak. If you can drag your asses out into some filthy nature, you can catch a glimpse of 200 meteors an hour. Last shower this intense was in 2009 so this is pretty special. Count some meteors, get some wishes, get drunk or whatever you want, on this good night. The best time is now until 4, your time.
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Aug 12, 2016 07:06
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I saw 1!
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Aug 12, 2016 07:08
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The first one is the most special. I have seen ten. Eleven if you count the one I thought was a meteor but was actually a moth.
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Aug 12, 2016 07:08
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i see moths all the time whats the big deal
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Aug 12, 2016 07:12
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that's really rude to the moths 
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Aug 12, 2016 07:16
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im eating this burrito then going to bed then in the morning im gonna buy donuts for the office (girls) and then lift a weight and then gently caress ya mom
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Aug 12, 2016 07:18
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poo poo is loving overcast here. Although, I've seen this poo poo before. It is cool yo. just loving sucks when you are inconvenienced by the world wide nature. 
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Aug 12, 2016 07:21
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meteor? barely knew her
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Aug 12, 2016 07:22
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I had to walk into the woods to see any, where I will almost certainly be murdered, but what are ya gonna do?Chinatown posted:im eating this burrito then going to bed then in the morning im gonna buy donuts for the office (girls) and then lift a weight and then gently caress ya mom this is a pretty good plan too
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Aug 12, 2016 07:23
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I like my persuy meatier
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Aug 12, 2016 07:48
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one of the meteors is mh370 
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Aug 12, 2016 08:17
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oh my god can I just have one night of meteors without planes falling from the sky
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Aug 12, 2016 08:33
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death sext posted:oh my god can I just have one night of meteors without planes falling from the sky its gone, guy
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Aug 12, 2016 08:34
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I'm officially calling bullshit on this being some kind of outburst year for the Perseids. From suburbs of Austin I just watched for about 45 minutes and saw 5 or 6, none of which were especially bright, persistent, or colorful. Last night I saw one, during about 20 minutes of viewing, and at least it was spectacular -- color shifting and very bright, and traversed at least 1/3 of the visible sky. But overall I don't remember this year's shower being any better than last years. The only shower that ever seems to be worth a poo poo here is the Geminids. I'm sure my light polluted skies greatly affect my viewing; directly overhead I'd guess my limiting magnitude might be as good as 3, but anywhere towards the light dome of Austin or Round Rock its more like 1. I doubt any meteor that is fainter than mag 2 is going to be visible. Doesn't help that all the people in my neighborhood keep every outdoor porch light and security light burning all the time, even though there are streetlights bright enough to loving read by already lining the roads. When/how will we ever get effective light pollution control in the US? How do we overcome the ridiculous popular notion that lighting up your yard with glare spilling everywhere makes you safer? And dont get me started on all the business that light up their parking lots like daylight even after they close.
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Aug 12, 2016 09:49
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I only get out of bed for 400 meteors an hour
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Aug 12, 2016 09:53
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i saw the 2000 perseids from an escarpment in the porcupine mountain wilderness in da yoo pee eh during an obscene aurora display that lit the ground while on mushrooms. that was pretty cool. been loving cloudy the last i don't know how many years now.
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Aug 12, 2016 10:02
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Orkin Mang posted:meteor? barely knew her orbit my wife please
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Aug 12, 2016 10:22
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Mapped out what I thought would be the best place to watch. I live on a heavily forested ridge so I spotted out a tiny lake with a campgrounds and went out 2 hours ago. Parked car with a clear view north over the lake, then I waited 15 minutes in the dark listening to some music since I knew my time outside would be brief and hosed and wanted my eyes to get used to the dark so I could have an amazing view right away. Long sleeve shirt, pants with my socks pulled over them, all this in 80 degree southern weather with some bug spray and I managed to last about 10 minutes of a beautiful view of the Milky Way interspersed with dim sparks to beautiful streaks across the entire sky before mosquitos made me say gently caress this and give up. The meteors were insane though, at one point I tried counting between them and went 8-9 seconds at most between seeing them over the span of a few minutes. I wish I lived in a Real part of the country so I could've stayed out longer. Maybe next decade... 
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Aug 12, 2016 10:33
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It's just rocks, guys
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Aug 12, 2016 10:35
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they were pretty nice rocks and I had a real good time all the lights were a problem which is why I had to trek out into the dang wilderness to see anything, but once I was out there I saw a whole bunch well anyway I'm glad I did it and I'm going to take a nap at work because I'm real tired
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Aug 12, 2016 11:49
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i'm going out to my state's high desert plateau over the weekend where light pollution sits at 0% and it's gonna fuckin owwwwwwnnnnnnnn
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Aug 12, 2016 20:19
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i tried last night but the mosquitoes did not respect the sanctity of the meteor shower
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Aug 12, 2016 20:24
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Zzulu posted:It's just rocks, guys its space rocks. ham radio operators bounce signals off the ionized trails (which last like 0.5 to 10 seconds tops) which is coo Also the SNOTEL snowfall reporting system in the western US and canada uses meteor scatter to phone the data back home from the stations. it works 24/7/365 though, doesnt need a shower to run.
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Aug 12, 2016 20:27
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thanks for the advance notice dickhead is tonight gonna be good too? thx
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Aug 12, 2016 20:46
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did i miss it
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Aug 12, 2016 21:10
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drat you. Sephiroth!
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Aug 12, 2016 21:15
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Parallax Scroll posted:thanks for the advance notice dickhead
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Aug 12, 2016 21:16
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the meteors will be around until the 18th, which is when we'll get a full moon which makes it harder to see, but they won't be as plentiful but still get out there because I've seen some this morning, really bright ones that trail long and majestically
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Aug 13, 2016 09:39
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