The sky opened up for me! BTW Gemini is directly overhead now. I went out and laid down on the dock and used my jacket for a pillow. I saw about a dozen really bright ones (one was cool as it was falling straight toward me so it looked like a star getting bright then flaming out). Then as my eyes acclimated I was seeing dozens of much fainter ones. There was one 3-4 second span it looked like fireworks as maybe 15 or so seems to fly out from the same spot, I had never seen that before. There was still some high altitude haze since the stars weren't as bright as they are on a perfect night but all in all it was very cool.

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Posted by Beaver Bandit

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Member since Dec 2015

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Posted on 12/14/17 at 3:19 am to Obtuse1

I went outside after I made that post and the sky cleared up for about an hour for me. I was able to see quite a few and 3 really good ones with green trails. I missed the peak time and still saw more meteors in that short time than I've seen with every yearly shower over last 5 years combined. Pretty impressive.

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Posted by pioneerbasketball

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Posted on 12/14/17 at 3:45 am to Obtuse1

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The sky opened up for me! BTW Gemini is directly overhead now. I went out and laid down on the dock and used my jacket for a pillow. I saw about a dozen really bright ones (one was cool as it was falling straight toward me so it looked like a star getting bright then flaming out). Then as my eyes acclimated I was seeing dozens of much fainter ones. There was one 3-4 second span it looked like fireworks as maybe 15 or so seems to fly out from the same spot, I had never seen that before. There was still some high altitude haze since the stars weren't as bright as they are on a perfect night but all in all it was very cool.