Blaze of Light?

[Hessian]

Sunday evening: 7pm (ish) wife is relaxing with a friend near St Leonard's Creek when she describes seeing a very bright Yellowish-red light blaze across the sky, at high elevation: Silent...for a few seconds.

Since no plane crashes have been reported...are we again headed into the "UFO over ST Charles" time of year or do any of our local sky watchers know of meteor showers?
Thanks.

 

[Steve]

Meteor showers start this time of year, as the Earth moves furthest from the Sun in it's orbit. The Leonid meteors always peak around this time, beginning in mid-November. As one site describes it, "the dusty trail of comets long since gone."

 

[kwillia]

Meteor showers start this time of year, as the Earth moves furthest from the Sun in it's orbit. The Leonid meteors always peak around this time, beginning in mid-November. As one site describes it, "the dusty trail of comets long since gone."

Well, your no fun...

 

[Steve]

Well, your no fun...

Hey, I'll be the first one in line when the ships arrive!

 

[mAlice]

Hey, I'll be the first one in line when the ships arrive!

You'll have to fight Kain for that position.

 

[Triggerfish]

OH NO!!!! THEY'RE LANDING HERE TO MARCH AN INVASION TO DC!!!

 

[blueintrepid18]

Meteor showers start this time of year, as the Earth moves furthest from the Sun in it's orbit. The Leonid meteors always peak around this time, beginning in mid-November. As one site describes it, "the dusty trail of comets long since gone."

In winter time the earth is closest to the sun not farthest. It sounds weird but summertime is when we are furthest from the sun in orbit. The season changes have to do with the way the earth tilts on its axis during rotation around the sun. So even though we are closer to the sun we are still pointing in a different direction due to the axis and thats what makes it colder. Not that anyone cared about that but there you go.