Saturday, November 17, 2001

Take it from a Leo

The Leonids are for real. I just saw a bunch, and it isn't even close to peak.

So are the Northern Lights. In Texas. In Maryland. In Kansas. In Wisconsin. In Michigan. In Iowa. In North Carolina. In Virginia. In Georgia. In Alabama. In San-freaking Diego. Here's a picture of a whole band of them across the upper Midwest.

Here are a few Leonid links:

http://www.skypub.com/sights/meteors/leonids/king.htmlhttp://www.SpaceWeather.com/http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2001/ast08nov_1.htmhttp://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/live/newlive.htmlhttp://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/live/newlive.htmlhttp://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/09nov01/corner.html

The next unusual auroras will probably occur when this site says so. Keep an eye on it. Meanwhile, be sure to go out tonigh around 2am to catch the Leonid show. This is approximtely now (as I write this) in Europe. The bright start high overhead, by the way, is Jupiter. Off to the West the next bright star is Saturn.