I saw a shooting star while I was driving home

[billyskank]

Just out the corner of my eye, I saw something streak across the sky at the top of the windshield. Like a light from a plane but moving much too quickly. I immediately looked, and just caught it as it fizzed away. Actually it kinda exploded at the end. I don't see those very often.

[Deja Q]

1. Clumsy hamfisted aliens who can't even run their ship right!!

Well, that or it's a porn star...

:hide:

[billyskank]

5. Possibly.

;)

[supernova]

2. Did you make a wish?

:D

Coming up on the Perseids next month, maybe it was an early one?

[billyskank]

6. Yes.

:D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear billyskank!

How cool!

I've seen one exactly once, and it was just as you said...

Very fast!

The one I saw didn't explode, though....Just a simple streak of light in the night sky...

[billyskank]

8. I see them extremely rarely

When I was a kid, my dad used to see them all the time (so it seemed), but they happen so fast it would always be like, (him) "there's a shooting star!" (Me, looking up) "where?" (Him) "It's gone."

There was one night though when I was sat out back on the patio with my brother and a friend, and there was a meteor storm going on. Maybe the Perseids supernova mentioned. Anyway, the sky was full of them, one every few minutes, and really big fat ones at that. Bright enough to light things up, sometimes, and they left smoke trails that lingered visibly afterwards. It must have been a bright moon, I think. It was far out.

[Left Is Write]

4. What did you wish for?

[billyskank]

9. For something beautiful.

:D

[SPKrazy]

7. did you shoot back?

:shrug:


they are cool when you see them like that.

i saw one driving one morning very early, awesome thing did just what you described,

:thumbsup:

[billyskank]

10. Nope, just gawked

Not for long though; I did remember the road as well. :D

[BarenakedLady]

11. Cool

:thumbsup:

I hope you wish comes true.

:hug:

[billyskank]

13. Thank you.

:hug:

[bigwillq]

12. That is so cool.

I saw one once and it was amazing. :) :hi:

[billyskank]

14. Especially when you think what just happened.

A small pebble, or maybe even a grain of sand, has been drifting through space for billions of years, completely undisturbed all that time, and you just happened to see its final second.

[MysticalChicken]

15. I think I may have seen one too.

I was walking my dog at around 2:45 AM and saw a bright flash out of the corner of my eye, but when I looked where the flash was, there was nothing.

However, a few minutes before that, I saw a satellite pass overhead (when I'm outside at night, I spend most of the time looking up. You never know what you're going to see). I knew it was a satellite because it was much too slow to be a meteor, and way, way too high to be an airplane, plus there were no flashing lights. It started out as a tiny bright dot, moving east-ish, and then slowly faded. I don't see satellites very often so it was cool.

EDIT: I think it may have actually been the International Space Station.

[billyskank]

16. Sounds like it to me.

The night sky is so cool. Except when it's cloudy. (Which is often in my country). :hi:

[MysticalChicken]

19. It's cloudy a lot here too.

In fact it was partly cloudy when I saw the satellite. Luckily it passed through a clear spot.

I hope it's not cloudy during the Perseids. That's something I look forward to every year.

[Bullwinkle925]

17. Isn't it wonderful whenever you are in a position to be privy to such a sight? . . .

things in the universe are marching right along as it should be. that must give you (us) some comfort.

[billyskank]

18. It sure is.

:hi:

[lost-in-nj]

20. Beautiful aren't they

glad you made a wish....

hope it comes true for you.....

:hug:

lost

on edit: we saw at least one a night in Bermuda, looking over the ocean.....
lots of them out at sea to

[billyskank]

21. Very.

:hug:

[slj0101]

22. In a few more weeks, you'll be seeing a lot more.

The Perseid meteor showers should be back soon.

[lost-in-nj]

26. I love this event

been watching for a long time


lost

[Mutley]

23. Very cool

It's been a long time since I've seen one.

The last time I must have been in high school. It was huge and bright. You could still see the tail after it was gone. I can't wait to see another one day.

[fizzgig]

24. they always give me a sense of hope

i see them occasionally when i visit my dad (same town, just further away). there is something about them that lifts my spirits

and now i have one of my favorite songs stuck in my head, slightly melancholy as it may be

[Callalily]

25. How great!

Aren't they awe inspiring? We can see shooting stars up north quite regularly. Easier to see them there because it's less populated, no annoying city lights to obstruct the sky view.

Couple years ago in my area I witnessed the aurora borealis and was just beautiful. Red streaks just radiating through the sky. Unusual to see them that brilliant this far south.

:hi: :loveya: :hug:

[Connonym]

27. The Great Perseids meteor shower is going to happen in the next few weeks

it's supposed to be spectacular this year, at least in N. America. Second weekend in August with, at times, 10+ meteors per hour.

[Fox Mulder]

28. Just wait until August 12 - August 13.

You'll see one or two meteors every minute during the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower.

I look forward to it every year. :D

[reyd reid reed]

29. I'm jealous

I always seem to be looking somewhere else when they're around.

One day I'll be looking at the right place, at the right time.

:loveya::hi::loveya:

[Inchworm]

30. Perhaps a harbinger of ensuing rain?

Lookin pretty wet over there. You on the 2nd floor?

:hi: