Perseids and Aquarids in one fell swoop!

[Juvenal]

Hmm, thanks, will do.

I recall the effects of Krakatoa and Mt. St. Helena on sunsets and sunrises...also forest fires at times.

M.

My word, M.  You recall Krakatoa?  All I recall is Mount Agung in the early Sixties and wondering (I was an undergraduate, not yet fully topped off with knowledge; the wisdom, TBD) why sunsets were so... dramatic over the church beyond my dorm.

[Thursday's_Child]

Hmm, thanks, will do.

I recall the effects of Krakatoa and Mt. St. Helena on sunsets and sunrises...also forest fires at times.

M.

My word, M.  You recall Krakatoa?  All I recall is Mount Agung in the early Sixties and wondering (I was an undergraduate, not yet fully topped off with knowledge; the wisdom, TBD) why sunsets were so... dramatic over the church beyond my dorm.

Anak Krakatoa still erupts regularly - and is well monitored, given it's history and potential!  I recall months of spectacular sunsets in the early 80's (courtesy of which eruption?  I don't remember.) plus those in the early 90's after a majorly destructive eruption by Pinatubo.  The current shows are the product of eruptions of Raikoke and Ulawun.

[mamselle]

Thanks, yes, I didn't mean the 1883 eruption...

;--}

M.

[Thursday's_Child]

Thanks, yes, I didn't mean the 1883 eruption...

;--}

M.

Oh.  I'd though you might mean it, since you're known to spend weekends in previous centuries.

[mamselle]

Well, true....but in the 19th c. I'm usually doing social dance...although it's possible one might walk out to one of the balustrades and catch a  glimpse of greenish light that way!

Alas, in the present (well, last night) I awoke at 2 AM, and decided to go out and look. The skies were  (finally) clear, but no green lights there, either.

The sunset, earlier, did have some grape-juice purplish bands along with a salmon-orange streak and a bit of dusky rose.

So there's that...

M.

[clean]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/back-to-back-meteor-showers-make-this-a-great-week-for-stargazing/ar-AAItg7s

Another meteor shower, but it we may have missed it!

[mamselle]

Yes, some dragon was breathing smoke and hazing up the sky when I walked back from the library  c. 10 pm....so couldn't see anything...yet again....

Sigh.

M.

[clean]

orionids tonight

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-orionid-meteor-shower-is-coming-monday-night/ar-AAIZ7Hv

[mamselle]

Hoping for clear skies tonight.

Last night was juust fuzzy enough with little low cirrus-y plumes that it was too occluded to see anything deep.

C'est la vie!

M.