Summer Nights - The Perseid Meteor Shower

Summer nights spent under the sky
starwatching

are one of my favorite things.

The Perseid Meteor shower is a yearly event that takes

place from the end of July to mid August.

Friday was the peak of the shower,

but you can still see a lot of the shower

this next week.

We are always at Lake Powell at this time of year.

We go to the top deck on the houseboat and lie down

and watch for shooting stars.

My husband has put together a collection of

music that he calls "Star Gazing" music.

It includes songs from

Kurt Bestor's Evening Angels

Ray Lynch's Celestial Soda Pop

and

various Kenny G songs.

Listening to this music, you feel transported.

In order to see the meteor shower

you must get away from city lights.

We were at Lake Powell this past week and

went up every night to watch the stars.

Tuesday night we saw the most spectacular one.

It left a trail bigger than the one in the opening picture

(from Photobucket.com)

The trail stayed in the sky for a long time.

Thursday night we saw 8 in less than 10 minutes!

Of course we weren't good enough photographers

to catch one, but these photos were taken at

Lake Powell of the night sky.

Notice you can see the full outline of the moon in this

one.  These were taken by one of the Young Men

we had on this trip by the name of Josh.

Get out and look at the stars this summer

before the summer is gone.

I will be sharing this on

The Tablescapers

Summer Sundays.

Oh, so few left, sigh!