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by danek 3219 days ago
Yeah lots of rural areas in the US have very dark skies. I saw lots of shooting stars one night driving acros Utah, it was pretty incredible.
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dotancohen 3219 days ago
Seeing one an hour is average, seeing many _while driving_ sounds like it was a meteor shower. Did that happen to be around August 12, which is when the strongest shower of the year peaks?
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danek 3219 days ago
Pretty close. End of July, 8 years ago. It was definitely more than one an hour, but not like what Is imagine a shower to be like. Maybe more like one every 15 minutes
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taejo 3219 days ago
The Perseids peak at around 60/hour, but I guess it's a lot less a couple weeks before.
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