Stay up late tonight for the Meteor Shower!


	Stay up late tonight for the Meteor Shower!

shaor

10-20-2009 7:39 PM

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! am till 6am regardless of your location!

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10-20-2009 10:07 PM

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Cool clip Shaor!

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<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/d572c0fb-9389-48e2-a501-0dd47e2a1b81/D91B6155-1935-4899-859E-757DDC3A7ADD/" 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://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091020/sc_space/getoutorionidmeteorshowerpeaksovernight" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091020/sc_space/getoutorionidmeteorshowerpeaksovernight" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091020/sc_space/getoutorionidmeteorshowerpeaksovernight"><H1 id="yn-story-title">Get Out: Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks Overnight</H1></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://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091020/sc_space/getoutorionidmeteorshowerpeaksovernight"><P>The <SPAN id="lw_1256056454_0" class="yshortcuts">Orionid meteor shower</SPAN> is expected to put on a good show tonight into the predawn hours Wednesday, weather permitting.</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://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091020/sc_space/getoutorionidmeteorshowerpeaksovernight"><P>This <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/space/sc_space/storytext/getoutorionidmeteorshowerpeaksovernight/33795946/SIG=11ttkt9qh/*http://www.space.com/spacewatch/091016-gaherty-orionid.html"><SPAN id="lw_1256056454_1" class="yshortcuts">annual meteor shower</SPAN></A> is created when Earth passes through trails of comet debris left in space long ago by <SPAN id="lw_1256056454_2" class="yshortcuts">Halley's Comet</SPAN>. The "<A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/space/sc_space/storytext/getoutorionidmeteorshowerpeaksovernight/33795946/SIG=11m5k86ou/*http://www.space.com/spacewatch/meteor_forecast.html"><SPAN id="lw_1256056454_3" class="yshortcuts">shooting stars</SPAN></A>" develop when bits typically no larger than a pea , and mostly sand-grain-sized, vaporize in Earth's upper atmosphere.</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://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091020/sc_space/getoutorionidmeteorshowerpeaksovernight"><P>The best time to watch will be between 1 a.m. and dawn local time Wednesday morning, regardless of your location. That's when the patch of Earth you are standing on is barreling headlong into space on Earth's orbital track, and <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/space/sc_space/storytext/getoutorionidmeteorshowerpeaksovernight/33795946/SIG=11m5k86ou/*http://www.space.com/spacewatch/meteor_forecast.html"><SPAN id="lw_1256056454_7" class="yshortcuts">meteors get scooped up</SPAN></A> like bugs on a windshield.</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://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091020/sc_space/getoutorionidmeteorshowerpeaksovernight"><P>Peak activity, when Earth wades into the densest part of the debris, is expected around 6 a.m. ET (3 a.m. PT).</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://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20091020/sc_space/getoutorionidmeteorshowerpeaksovernight">overpowered by <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/space/sc_space/storytext/getoutorionidmeteorshowerpeaksovernight/33795946/SIG=11t6nt9eg/*http://www.space.com/spacewatch/light_pollution_030321.html"><SPAN id="lw_1256056454_5" class="yshortcuts">light pollution</SPAN></A>. 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