Perseid Shower Tonight

[hellywelly4]

This comes round every year, and each time I remember the book "The Day of the Triffids".when everyone went blind because they watched the wonderful display in the skies on night.
I've never plucked up the courage to watch them yet!

[mikey4444]

Hellywelly......I first read " The Day of the Triffids" in the 1960's, as a set book at school, and many times since !

I come back to it every few years....why are books like this not being written today ?

[DTCwordfan]

mikey, 5 great scifi books in thirty or forty years of writing is pretty good going....throw in Douglas Adams, Kubric and Clarke, and Isaac Asimov to begin with and one is almost there......

[mikey4444]

I agree DTC !

I re-read the Foundation books every 4-5 years as a rule.

[Hypognosis]

@Hellywelly

I thought the peak was 12th August?

Good night for viewing though, with new moon soon. Loudy weather forecast for UK though.

Clear skies, to you!

[hellywelly4]

Hypo - you may be right. I can't remember where I heard/read about it. Might have been the Daily Mail on line, so could well be wrong information!
JW had a wonderful way of writing, didn't he Mikey. I don't know if it's just me, but when I read War of the Worlds, it's struck me that JW wrote like HGW - first person style. Two great writers.

[Baldric]

I have in the past risked other things that were said to make me go blind, so I'll give this one a try as well. thank you for the reminder HW.

[wendilla]

In the 48 hours since that first sighting, NASA's network of all-sky meteor cameras has detected more than half-a-dozen Perseid fireballs over the USA.

These numbers will grow sharply in the weeks ahead. Forecasters expect the shower to peak on August 11-13 with as many as 200 Perseids per hour. On those nights, Earth will pass through a dense thicket of debris from the parent comet, causing a display widely visible across the northern hemisphere. The 2016 Perseids are going to be great. Stay tuned for observing tips and more information.