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Re: (meteorobs) Oh, Geminids....
At 15:41 16-12-96 EST, you wrote:
>Marco et al -
>
>Your tale of the Geminids made tingles go up and down my spine!! Wow. It
is so
>incredible to see something so wonderful.... I think the astronomical event
that
>has affected me the most has to be seeing Comet West in the spring of 1976 from
>Vancouver Island, out on the west coast of Canada. It had been cloudy and
rainy
>for months, literally, and at 3.00 am one morning I had a feeling I should go
>outside.... It blew me away... and for 11 mornings in a row, I shimmied myself
>onto the university roof and watched the comet until dawn... Just me and the
>comet, watching over the ocean and Mount Baker.... It was beautiful....
>
>It is so ironic that so many people don't know what beauty is out there in
>nature....and will never know, or care. They're stuck in cities, and never
look
>outside their little boxes....
>
>I am so thrilled that you guys saw such an incredible sight.....!
>
>- Cathy
> Great White North (and still cloudy...)
Yeah: life is great on some occasions....
Marco and Casper.
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