In The Night Sky

Last week my Spanish Amiga pointed out that there was going to be a meteor shower (Perseid) over the weekend, starting from Friday.  With it being the UK, this was not a simple feat; every night over the weekend we looked up and saw clouds covering the night sky like a fluffy duvet, ruining any chance of even seeing a star.

Picture courtesy of Scott MacNeill of 2013 Perseid meteors at Frosty Drew Observatory in Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA.

Then on Monday night on my way home from a friends house I noticed that the sky was clear and on the radio they mentioned that tonight was the peak of the meteor shower.  Saw I called my Spanish Amiga and we, with our French Amie went on a tour of Birmingham to find a spot away from the lights to be able to watch the night sky.  In the end we settled for a park near our company social club and parked ourselves to watch what would happen.

Unfortunately I was only able to capture a series of dots in the night sky.  A little disappointing, especially as every time I was playing with the camera the girls would squeal with delight at the sight of a meteor shooting across the sky.

Picture courtesy of Tim Erskine of Perseid Fireball taken in Tahoe

In the end my Spanish Amiga told me to forget my camera and to come lie down with them.  It took a while to start seeing them, but as soon as you did it was one after the other.  We saw one that was really big so it must have been a fireball.