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Tonight was the predicted peak of the Leonid meteor shower. This year, the shower was predicted to be more like a strom with thousands of metors an hour
burning up in the upper atmosphere. This year was predicted to be like the great storm of 1933 where an estimated 144,000 meteors an hour lit up the heavens.
Early on, around 10:00pm CST, there were no meteors observed from my suburban home here in Minnesota. Leo hadn't risen very high yet and there was a lot
of light pollution mixed with thin clouds in his direction (the east).
Later, a few bright fireballs streaked from Leo and Taurus. The Taurids are also active this time of year. There were 3 or 4 small, dim flashes and that
was it. Nothing like a storm.
Apparently the peak occured over Europe and then dropped of dramatically. Oh well, it was still nice.
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