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A few nights ago, the moon was just a thin sliver.
The weather was cooler. I threw a mat into my SUV, and with a flask of ice and juice, drove an hour
into the desert.
Got onto a track and the dark sky was wonderful. And only me in that part of the world.
With no clouds, it was easy enough to make out Taurus constellation and the Pleiades. Laid out the mat on the sand and with my headphones from my Nexus, just relax and look upwards.
I love falling stars ever since I saw them starting from my early army days in artillery and in Safti 40++ years ago.
That Taurids are the ghost of Comet Encke. It did not matter if no bolides for me that night. About ten falling stars came for me in that 90++ minutes before I drove back.
The weather was cooler. I threw a mat into my SUV, and with a flask of ice and juice, drove an hour
into the desert.
Got onto a track and the dark sky was wonderful. And only me in that part of the world.
With no clouds, it was easy enough to make out Taurus constellation and the Pleiades. Laid out the mat on the sand and with my headphones from my Nexus, just relax and look upwards.
I love falling stars ever since I saw them starting from my early army days in artillery and in Safti 40++ years ago.
That Taurids are the ghost of Comet Encke. It did not matter if no bolides for me that night. About ten falling stars came for me in that 90++ minutes before I drove back.
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