When the Dust Settles- Sector 9
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Time lapse images of Earth at night taken from the International Space Station.
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Common Individuality: Celestial Opportunities
Jan. 4: Quadrantid meteor shower peaks
The Quadrantid meteor shower is a very short-lived meteor display, whose peak rates only last several hours.
3 a.m.
May 5: Biggest full moon of 2012
The moon turns full at 11:35 p.m. ET, and just 25 minutes later it will arrive at its closest point to Earth in 2012, at a distance of 221,801 miles.June 5: Rare transit of Venus across the sun
among the rarest of astronomical events, rarer even than the return of Halley’s Comet every 76 years.
The next one will occur in the year 2114.
Aug. 12: Perseid meteor shower
The Perseids are considered to be among the best of the annual displays thanks to its high rates of up to 90 per hour.
Dec. 13-14: Geminid meteor shower
If there is one meteor display guaranteed to put on a very entertaining show it is the Geminid meteor shower.
Dec. 25: Christmas evening and Jupiter
On Christmas, many will be looking skyward and wondering what that brilliant silvery “star” is hovering just above the moon. It’s not a star, but the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter.
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Timeless Memories
This is simply amazing.
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