Yup, that was me standing alongside a dark patch of A1A around 1:00 in the morning Saturday night. I did see a meteor streak across the sky. (It was a bit cloudy.) Maybe I saw a second one–not totally sure about that one.
And, wow, did I get bit up by bugs. After about 45 minutes, I had to split. I moved up the road a bit but it was still bad.
Lesson learned: Come better prepared for the bugs.
In reply to David S. Wallens :
No but we need to start discussing them. Kiddo wants to work for NASA and we live near some low light areas. She would definitely want to watch if it fits in the school and activity schedules.
I live at 9000 feet in a designated Dark Skies area with low humidity, so 95% of the time we have excellent "seeing" conditions - except during major meteor showers. It seems like every time we have cloudy skies. Last Saturday we had clear skies to the south - brilliant view of that portion of the Milky Way, but the northern half of the sky was overcast, so zero meteors when I was looking. Maybe next time.
You mean the one that's been hidden by clouds every time I've tried to see it?
I'm starting to think it's not real.
Clear sky after a cold front, no moon, and night vision goggles. The streaks were almost constant around 3 am. A couple left lingering trails.
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