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"Jim Macklin" wrote in
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I prefer the solid ground for night sky viewing.

Fully understand this!

I've got a
place with no nearby light pollution, millions more stars
are visible. One clear night a few years ago, there was
snow cover but no clouds at all, I was out driving by the
airport and wondered why they had the strobes running, then
I realized it was a meteor storm, the flashes were so bright
they were casting shadows on the snow and leaving smoke
trails in the sky.

Let me guess, the Leonids? One night flight home, saw a "fireball".
Scared the bejeebers outta me it was so bright. And like you saw, smoke
trail followed it. At first, thought it was a plane blowing up, but
having seen meteors before, I knew better just from the speed, length and
angle of the flash. More lights upstairs then downstairs on most of my
night flights :-))
...

I saw what must have been a good sized chunk of space junk once - It was
quite a show - went nearly from horizon to horizon as it broke up into
smaller bits...

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Geoff
The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com
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