Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks After Midnight. NASA Says It's 'One Of The Best'
The light of the moon will reduce the visibility of some fainter meteors, but NASA says it's still worth staying up late — or rising very very early on Wednesday — to see "nature's fireworks."
by Rachel Treisman
Aug 11, 2020
2 minutes
If you're tired of binge-watching TV during the pandemic, Mother Nature has an alternative. All you have to do is go outside between about 2 a.m. Wednesday and dawn local time, lie on your back and look up at the sky. The meteors and fireballs of the Perseid meteor shower should be streaking.
says it's "one50 to 100 meteors to catch per hour as well as their — larger, brighter explosions of light and color that last longer than an average meteor streak.
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