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Perseid showers

August 13, 2009February 1, 2012

Project 366 - 1 | 2009.8.11

Perseids Meteor Shower 2009

Ancient Life of the Cosmos

Billions and Billions of Stars and a Perseid Too!

Perseids 2009 II        Perseids 2009

The Perseids were falling in that hothouse August night; I saw two come down together, and I thought it looked about right – Jeffery Foucault

If you can’t get out in the wee dawn hours to see the annual August meteor show, try a Perseids tag search.

Photos by Computer Science Geek, Kunal Rohilla, Jeff Sullivan, Fort Photo and 2Lazy7

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