>Sam was demanding to see one, having waited outside for what must have been
>a very long 10 minutes to him, when, right on cue, as soon as Sam had
>extorted "Well, C'mon, let's see one!", a huge arc of yellow light cut the
>heavens in half - he was most impressed with his apparent ability to summon
>them up!!

OK, next time tell him to try, "C'mon Dad, let's see a nice oriented 5 kilo
Lunar land on the lawn!"   :-)

Saw lots of things falling from the sky up here in Alaska last
night...unfortunately they were all raindrops!   It never fails!

Jeannie






>Well, I have been waiting a long time to be able to sit outside with my
>oldest boy at 11 o clock at night and watch a meteor storm! Made me feel
>like a real parent! And Sam (who is 10) got a real buzz being able to stay
>up late!
>What a gas!!! not  a great number of them, but those that we saw veritably
>cut the sky in half and left a trail for a second or two. Like breathtaking
>rockets, they were!
>Sam was demanding to see one, having waited outside for what must have been
>a very long 10 minutes to him, when, right on cue, as soon as Sam had
>extorted "Well, C'mon, let's see one!", a huge arc of yellow light cut the
>heavens in half - he was most impressed with his apparent ability to summon
>them up!!
>After an hour or so I thought it was about time the young chap want to
bed -
>he agreed to go after seeing one last one.  No sooner had I agreed this
with
>him when another lit up the sky...."night, Sam, off to bed!" - he couldn;t
>argue!
>
>What really surprised me was the very large number of satellites we both
saw
>going across the sky - maybe 6 or so? They were not planes (previous
>experience has helped me to tell the difference between planes and a
>satellite overpass)
>
>What wondrous heavens!!
>
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>
>
>In gentle decay,
>d.
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