<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7db7807c-4c45-4a5e-ae9d-a8b7dcb360de/AAE9C062-137D-4671-BFEF-B1A8A3C5EEDC/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/11jul_greatperseids.htm?list977239" href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/11jul_greatperseids.htm?list977239" style="font-size: 11px;">science.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/11jul_greatperseids.htm?list977239"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG>July 11, 2007:</STRONG> Got a calendar? Circle this date: Sunday, August 12th. Next to the circle write "<EM>all night</EM>" and "<EM>Meteors!</EM>" Attach the above to your refrigerator in plain view so you won't miss the 2007 Perseid meteor shower.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/11jul_greatperseids.htm?list977239"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/science.nasa.gov/img/212A1E6E-A346-4DCA-A70B-646F20F5E3BE" alt="see caption" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/11jul_greatperseids.htm?list977239"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"It's going to be a great show," says Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center. "The Moon is new on August 12th--which means no moonlight, dark skies and plenty of meteors." How many? Cooke estimates one or two Perseids per minute at the shower's peak.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/11jul_greatperseids.htm?list977239"><P class="detailImageDesc"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG>Above:</STRONG> A Perseid fireball photographed August 12, 2006, by Pierre Martin of Arnprior, Ontario, Canada. [<A href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/images/greatperseids/Martin1.jpg">Larger image</A>]</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/11jul_greatperseids.htm?list977239"><P><FONT size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><EM>Note: In the narrative that follows, all times are local. For instance, 9:00 pm means 9:00 pm in your time zone, where you live. </EM> </FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/11jul_greatperseids.htm?list977239">The source of the shower is Comet Swift-Tuttle. Although the comet is nowhere near Earth, the comet's tail does intersect Earth's orbit. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/11jul_greatperseids.htm?list977239">We glide through it every year in August.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/11jul_greatperseids.htm?list977239"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/science.nasa.gov/img/1A4480CD-1710-40AF-8653-67057446A551" alt="see caption" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AAE9C062-137D-4671-BFEF-B1A8A3C5EEDC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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