This weekend skywatchers in areas with clear weather and minimal light pollution will have the opportunity to watch the Perseid meteor showers again. I am lucky this year to be spending some time at a remote private dark site which has unobstructed views of most of the sky, and absolutely no light pollution. Now I just need to hope for no cloud cover...
The Perseid meteor showers happen quite regularly every August. They are caused by debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle which passed by the Earth lo...
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