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Geminid Meteor Shower

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Mara Tessidar
Perkone
Caldari State
#1 - 2012-12-14 04:09:34 UTC
As a reminder for those living on the continental United States, in approximately 1-2 hours the Geminid meteor shower will start in earnest. You should go watch.

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ACE McFACE
Dirt 'n' Glitter
Local Is Primary
#2 - 2012-12-14 04:17:45 UTC  |  Edited by: ACE McFACE
Can I see it from Jita? If not then you should have posted this in OOPE

Now, more than ever, we need a dislike button.
ISD Dorrim Barstorlode
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#3 - 2012-12-14 04:24:13 UTC
Moving this from General Discussion to Out of Pod Experience.

Also, thanks for the reminder!

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Mara Tessidar
Perkone
Caldari State
#4 - 2012-12-14 04:40:22 UTC
Nobody will see it here Sad
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#5 - 2012-12-14 06:26:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Eurydia Vespasian
i watched for a while. and have seen quite a few. but it's pretty damn cold out...so i didn't stay out all that long lol

maybe i'll poke outside again in a little bit.
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#6 - 2012-12-14 08:16:23 UTC
As always it clouded over in the UK just in time.
Jago Kain
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#7 - 2012-12-14 17:58:05 UTC
Don't look at it directly. Stay inside and watch it on TV. Much safer.

Last time the entire country went out to watch one of these interstellar firework displays we ended up with half the population as triffid fertiliser.

They still have problems with them in the M5 corridor.... why you think there's all those signs up saying "HEAVY PLANT CROSSING"?

Won't somebody please think of the children.... well someone other than Jimmy Savile.


One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings - Diogenes.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#8 - 2012-12-14 18:21:10 UTC
Was cloudy night in Tampa, FL. Sad

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Webvan
All Kill No Skill
#9 - 2012-12-15 00:44:13 UTC
Yeah... cloudy and rainy just like last year, and the year before Straight
have watched it several times though.

I'm in it for the money

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#10 - 2012-12-15 01:06:24 UTC
I've only seen one shower in my entire life and that was the Leonids about 20 years ago when living in Houston. We already lived 30 miles from downtown, but had to drive out another 40 miles just to get a descent sky.

It's really really difficult to view anymore.

17 years in San Francisco and definitely have not seen any, for the fog of course. I doubt anyone within 100 miles of LA can see them either.

Maybe a trip to Mendocino would work, but again, that nightly coastal fog chance.

Sigh.

Colorado mayhaps ? OR my tiny hometown in rural Arkansas.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#11 - 2012-12-15 01:11:04 UTC
it was perfectly clear here. just too cold to endure for more than a few minutes at a time for me. pajama pants might have had a part to play in that. P i might have put 2 hours observation in all told. i think i remember it being better/more active in other years.
Mark Munoz
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2012-12-15 01:31:48 UTC
Wait a second weren't all these supposed to hit the Earth in like 7 days?
Mara Tessidar
Perkone
Caldari State
#13 - 2012-12-15 01:34:38 UTC
Mark Munoz wrote:
Wait a second weren't all these supposed to hit the Earth in like 7 days?


I don't think you understand how meteor showers work. And if you post any Mayan apocalypse crap, please, go mix bleach and ammonia and brush your teeth with it.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#14 - 2012-12-15 01:58:39 UTC
Mark Munoz wrote:
Wait a second weren't all these supposed to hit the Earth in like 7 days?



No.

That Fiction says it's a giant planet (invisible, natch), not meteors.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Mark Munoz
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2012-12-18 01:00:19 UTC
Mara Tessidar wrote:
Mark Munoz wrote:
Wait a second weren't all these supposed to hit the Earth in like 7 days?


I don't think you understand how meteor showers work. And if you post any Mayan apocalypse crap, please, go mix bleach and ammonia and brush your teeth with it.


Kixtal Icefluxor wrote:
No.

That Fiction says it's a giant planet (invisible, natch), not meteors.


Wow no sense of humor with either of you I suppose?