Inge, Like making a wish on a falling star?? We are socked in so I may listen to spaceweatherradio. - Steve C Check out - Subject: Perseid Meteor Shower Intensifies Space Weather News for August 11, 2013 http://spaceweather.com PERSEID METEOR SHOWER: The Perseid meteor shower is intensifying as Earth moves deeper into the debris stream of parent comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. International observers are reporting as many as 30 Perseids per hour from dark sky sites, a rate which could triple on August 12-13 when the shower peaks. Check http://spaceweather.com/for updates and observing tips. GOT CLOUDS? You can listen to the Perseid meteor shower on Space Weather Radio, which is monitoring signals from the USAF Space Surveillance Radar. Every Perseid that flies over the radar makes an audible ping. Hear the echoes at http://spaceweatherradio.com SOLAR FLARE ALERTS: Would you like a call when solar flares are underway? X-flare alerts are available from http://spaceweathertext.com/(text) and http://spaceweatherphone.com/(voice). You are subscribed to the Space Weather mailing list, a free service of Spaceweather.com: http://spaceweather.com/services/. To unsubscribe click here: http://www.spaceweather2.com/u?id=79T&n=T&l=spaceweatheror send a blank email to [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________