Tag: Meteors
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It’s prime time for the Geminid meteor shower, with partly cloudy skies in forecast
A streaking Geminid meteor makes an impression in an all-sky photo captured in 2011. (Credit: NASA) This year’s Geminid meteor shower is reaching its peak, and Seattle’s weather just might cooperate. Tonight’s forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and a low chance of precipitation, which is unusual for a Seattle holiday season. That adds to…
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Watch a fireball light up Seattle’s skies
The greenish streak just to the left of the streetlight in this dashcam video marks the flash of a fireball. (Michael Lee via YouTube) Dozens of reports have streamed in about a fireball that was seen in the skies over Washington state, Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia on Thursday night. The American Meteor Society’s online tracker lists…