I saw the biggest shooting star ever! Tonight is the annual Perseid meteor shower and we went out to see it. The news said the Perseids shower will begin around 10pm our local time so we went out around 10:15 and what do you know, during our first two minutes outside, we saw a huge shooting star! I never saw anything like it and I forgot to even make a wish (as what people would do when they see a shooting star) because I was overwhelmed with what I have seen. I had to check pictures online and this was how it looked like:
Isn't that amazing??? It passed right above us, so it's like literally wishing UNDER a shooting star. I saw another one but it wasn't too big and it went by quickly.
I wasn't only able to see the shooting star, but it's also awesome to see the meteor shower plus Venus, Mars and Saturn clustered in the evening sky. At first I thought it was a plane, but 3 planes at the same time in the sky can't be possible, right? And the light was irregular plus it was moving pretty fast. We live near the airport so I can basically see the huge planes preparing for landing. The little moving objects in the sky were also following a pattern . Just purely amazing that I can't get enough of it. Will be going back outside after midnight to see more of it. Too bad I don't have those powerful cameras with shutter speeds you can control, so I won't be able to take a picture. Words aren't enough to describe how awesome the night sky is tonight! I hope you were able to watch it too! I'll try to make a wish later. :)
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
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I wasn't only able to see the shooting star, but it's also awesome to see the meteor shower plus Venus, Mars and Saturn clustered in the evening sky. At first I thought it was a plane, but 3 planes at the same time in the sky can't be possible, right? And the light was irregular plus it was moving pretty fast. We live near the airport so I can basically see the huge planes preparing for landing. The little moving objects in the sky were also following a pattern . Just purely amazing that I can't get enough of it. Will be going back outside after midnight to see more of it. Too bad I don't have those powerful cameras with shutter speeds you can control, so I won't be able to take a picture. Words aren't enough to describe how awesome the night sky is tonight! I hope you were able to watch it too! I'll try to make a wish later. :)
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
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