When someone told me I could see shooting stars tonight my initial reaction was just to catch it on iPlayer (zing!) but alas no, there’s things burning in the sky and all we’re expected to do is look at how pretty it looks. D’aww.
Feel free to make the "Ooh!" and "Ahh!"’s yourself.
You know the style of my blogging by now – If it’s anything vaguely intelligent, I’ll consult Wikipedia on the subject and tell you what it says in a sarcastic manner. These are no different. So sit still while I tell you all about the Perseids, or I’ll give you detention.
So there was this comet called the Swift-Tuttle which left behind dust fragments when it came to visit the sun for, y’know, a quick catch-up. Although in its haste to talk about page 3 girls (double zing!), it left a trail of debris en route. Since it left it’s rubbish in the way of our orbit, the Earth’s atmosphere pretty much obliterates it.
If you think of the atmosphere using Cut against several wild Geodude in space, you’ll get the picture.
Seeing as it’s in our way every year, they’re visible every year. It’s only because the moon’s pretty new (as in not full, not been replaced) and there’s somewhat clear skies that they’re kicking up a fuss about it this year.
Just think of the shooting stars as a Katie Price wedding – There’s a big fuss about the whole thing, there’s plenty of streaks and everyone would have forgotten about it afterwards. Oh, and they happen every year. (Zingtastic!)
When can you see them? Well, if it’s dark enough where you are, around now. If you’re in Europe it’s the perfect time to see them, but it might be too light for you American types. If you look for the Perseus constellation they’ll be somewhere around there. Although you can’t really miss them, they’re massive sodding fireballs in the sky.
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