lol
I lolled. The chances of us seeing ANYTHING in the UK sky at night is pretty much ZERO.
I really feel for UK asstrominers (sp).
The Geminid meteors will this year peak at 05:10 GMT on Monday morning, guaranteeing that for 90 per cent of Reg readers, the hour will be marked by cloud, driving rain and the annual sense of despair which follows the vain hope that we might for once cop an eyeful of a decent lightshow. In the unlikely event that the skies …
* Abdullah == http://www.mosqueclock.com/ (go on, click the 'fun' bit.)
It'll wake the dead. And my girl. As I set the normal alarms for 10 minutes before Abdullah calls for prayer, and she hates it, she's up and turning it off before Abdullah gets me nutting the concrete at morning prayer.
Before I remember I'm not a Muslim.
Perkele!!
We're forecast clear skies (and -20 degrees centigrade - should be a "Grand night out, Grommit - don't forget the crackers"). Abdullah will get me outabed for this. But, you folks have rarely seen the Northern lights* which makes a meteor shower look as spectacular as taking a leak in the general vicinity of that ISS piss-filter up there.
*http://finland.fi/Nature_Environment/aurora/index.html
I really hope you folks see it someday. You'll weep in awe, believe me.
Keep you posted.