11/15/2003: Leonids from space

[Elspode]

I think I sent that one awhile back. I was really bummed out about having missed the *really* big Leonids in 2001. The peak didn't occur when it was advantageous to view it from Missouri, unfortunately. I spent about three hours outside last year at an obscene hour, though, and actually saw what was the closest to a meteor 'shower' that I've ever seen, when, during the peak time, my wife and I saw about a three minute flurry of meteors that probably hit a rate of about 60-70 per minute. Pretty cool, but a far cry from the thousands per minute seen in 1966 and 2001.