“The sky was dancing”, as Hal Rager puts it at blivet. Up on a cold, silent dark hillside with a 360-degree horizon, crystal-clear night sky, largely free from light pollution, no need to be doing anything except letting my eyes dark-adapt, no point in directing my gaze to any special spot in the sky. I’m guessing I was seeing 10-15 per minute. At one moment, I was lucky enough to see one of these, exploding, just where I was looking. The meteor-viewing experience of a lifetime, I’m guessing… If you’re reading this early enough, go out tonight for one last chance.
