PULL · 17 AUG 2006 This was
This was
your sky.
Comet Dust over Colorado
NASA APOD · Thad V'Soske
(Cosmotions.com)
COSMIC MESSAGE
A brilliant meteor flashes across the sky above a rock formation in Colorado. This meteor is part of the annual Perseid Meteor Shower, dust from Comet Swift-Tuttle. The trails point back to a radiant in the constellation Perseus. The scene was captured on August 10, illuminated by a waning gibbous Moon.
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Comet Dust over Colorado
NASA APOD · Thad V'Soske
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ZODIAC CONTEXT
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LEO
In tropical astrology, 17 AUG 2006 falls under Leo (♌). The sign's window runs from 07-23 through 08-22. Leo is anchored by Regulus, the heart of the Lion, twenty-four parsecs from Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 17 AUG 2006.
THE ALMANAC FOR 17 AUG 2006
DAY
Thursday
MOON
Last quarter, 43% lit
POSITION
Day 229 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Perseid shower, peaked 4 days ago
SAME DAY, OTHER YEARS