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(meteorobs) Lyrid Memories

1999 -- seeing a monster Lyrid fireball that ended in a terminal burst
unlike any other I've seen before or since, just lit up the sky *almost*
like a lightning bolt.

2000 -- watching clouds whiz by the bright moon and seeing little if
anything.

2001 -- seeing an (apparent) earth-skipper that went out and flared back up
three times, loooong path length.

2003  -- falling out of the back of the pickup and landing on my back with
an audible THUD.  My "apprentice," my best friend's eight-year-old son,
exclaimed he'd never seen anyone fall like that!

Kim Y.






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Gliba" <gliba@milkyway.gsfc.nasadot gov>
To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) LYRIDS 2003


> On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 12:59:07PM -0400, Lewis J. Gramer wrote:
>
> [....lots of good stuff deleted]
>
> > As with most things in life, it depends on the observer's state of mind.
> > ;-)
>
> Yes, that is the point. It allows reflection time, which helps one develop
> patience and tolerence, virtues sorely lacking in today's world.
>
> I've always liked the April Lyrids because the maximum occurs on Earth Day
> morning, plus the added bonus that the radiant is near the apex of the
Sun's
> way amoung the neighboring stars of the the galaxy.
>
>
> *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
>
> April Lyrids - by GWG
>
> Earth Day Morning
> Moving with the Sun
> Together in Space
> Towards the Place
> Amoung the Stars
> Where Meteors Come
>
>
> Happy Earth Day!
> GWG
>
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