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profdant139
Explorer II
Mar 29, 2014

Hit the boonies on May 23-24: a new meteor shower

One of the best parts of boondocking (to me, anyway) is the night sky -- and it looks as though there may be a new meteor shower on the night of May 23-24. I’ve excerpted this material from a couple ...
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profdant139
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May 28, 2014
OP here -- trip report will follow in a few days after we unpack. Bottom line -- we had a sky full of clouds in the Eastern Sierra -- no stars at all -- and folks in places with clear skies saw about 5 to 10 meteors per hour -- not very spectacular.

But we had a fantastic trip anyway -- boondocking in a blizzard at 9500 feet, with several days of great snowshoeing and hiking.

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