I stayed up last night to see this year's best meteor shower in North America.The news said in the Geminid meteor show, 140 meteors per hr. could
streak across the sky. The best time to watch would be midnight eastern time.
I forgot about the eastern time & quess I missed the bigger show, but I did
bundle up in warm clothes in the middle of the night & went outback & sat
in my patio chair & leaned back staring at the stars & waited for the show.
Within minutes, I saw the brightest Geminid of my evening watch streak across the
sky. In all I saw about 14 in 20 mins. But I got pretty cold & decided I missed
the bigger show & went in.
It was really cool, but not as spectacular as the ones I saw a few years
ago when my kids & I stayed up to watch the Perseid shower. Then it
was like a shower of them streaking across the sky at once. These were
one at a time. Interesting though, I expected them to all be going the
same direction & these went ever which way!
Though not as famous as the Perseid shower, the Geminids often put on a
more dramatic display. Geminids are debris from an extinct comet called
3200 Patheon. The shower gets its name because it appears to come from
the constellation Gemini. Anyway.......so went my evening of star & Geminid
watching. And as I waited & watched it kinda reminded me of the wisemen
& the people in the Book of Mormon in America & I pondered on what it
must of been like for them when they were watching for that new star to
appear in the east & how exciting it must of been when they saw it, & the
Wisemen followed it. How amazing that would have been!! It was perfect
way to end a great evening. We had just attended a wonderful performance
at Lori's Greenfield Stake Center. Every year they take out several rows of
benches in the chapel area, & set up a whole orchestra & fill an hour with
an array of beautiful music & performances. My favorites last night were,
a "Carol of Joy" by choir & orchestra, "I Believe in Christ" by choir and
orchestra, an arrangement by Wilberg & they ended with the numbers from
Handel's Messiah. Fantastic!!!
