The Perseids were a big disappointment here in San Diego thanks to the marine layer rolling in early and the sky remaining overcast the whole night. But I’m hoping this Friday will more than make up for it. The Earth is due to cross the path of comet Kiess, thus producing the Aurigids. [...]
Make sure to head out Sunday night (or Monday morning, depending on how you look at it) and check out what is poised to be a beautiful night filled with shooting stars! Also check out this guide for tips on watching this year’s Perseid meteor shower.
Thanks to a solar flare hitting the Earth last night, the ensuing geomagnetic storm sparked a massive showing of the aurora borealis, a.k.a. Northern Lights. Only on extremely rare occasions can they be seen back in Florida, so this was actually my first time seeing them!
(Photo courtesy of a fellow Milwaukee-county resident, as I no [...]