Perseid Meteor Shower 2009 by John Chumack (slower version)

[WiseBucket]

I watched this myself, however I didn't notice the huge flare in your video. Then again, I was viewing from CO, and it might have been different wherever you were at. In case you didn't hear about it, there was a meteor crash in Utah while this was happening and it lit up the sky like it was daytime for a brief moment. I, and everyone that I was with all thought it was close by. It really looked like the sun was up.

[rubriklitanea]

i have only seen falling stars near my home... hope to see like these

[PosEidoNhNs]

wow , you also captured i guess a satellite , good work

[9DragonMaster]

ITS TIME FOR 2010'S SHOW!!! I'LL HAVE MY CAMERAS POINTED IN THE SKY

[SONICRULZ123ify]

@9DragonMaster nice i saw the planets!

[9DragonMaster]

@SONICRULZ123ify i went camping last night to watch persedies, it wasn't as spectacular as i'd hoped but we some some big what i'd describe as falling stars. I didn't see any giant fireballs disappering into the horizon like i did with the eta aquarids. Going camping for meteor showers is one of my favorite hobbies ever since i seen those big ones. I saw close to a hundred all together, not a bad night! The music, shooting, and hanging out with friends was GR8 in the middle of the desert.

[SONICRULZ123ify]

@9DragonMaster wow :D

[JonoELoco]

how do you noe wen theres ganna be one of these showers

[TOMOazn]

I wish I saw it...

[alvinhdavenport]

I saw the meteor shower that year!

It kicked ass ... Just like ME.

[sabrinasanouvong]

i did not see the metors

[3dollarbrain]

I hope those meteorites burn up before they hit the ground near my home lol

[GoDsDeMoNdCh1lD]

Those aren't Meteor's, their UFO's x))

[NitroBlaster100]

I saw this it was Amazing !!!!!!!!

[08cree]

Beautiful!!!

[sabrinasanouvong]

i didn't get to see it

[hitsugayathelord]

dam me and my friend drove out at like 1am and saw a bunch of wht i though were huge ones that he kept missing , but right b4 he gave up and i said just watch it looked liked sum one tore the sky open and there was like a rainbow of color , it was the most amazing thing i seen in the sky it was huge it was slow moving and it was there 4 a while , and the tail of it was still in the sky for like a few mins just like a cloud of vapor left

[ateeq24]

i gonna see a meteor shower at 100 am tommorow wich is like today woot woot its 10/20/09

[LuckyNinja11]

Im so mad. It was all cloudy at my house and I didn't get to see one. Im pretty bummed out about it but there is always next year!

[TheAstronomer2]

i'm here, baby. yes, it is a yearly occurrence and yes, you can see it from new zealand - but it will be low in the north and your "window" will be small. before the meteor shower starts, learn where the constellation of perseus will appear in your night sky and about what time. the southern hemisphere won't see as many because half of the radiant is below your horizon - but some are better than none! good luck to you... ~tammy

[paigeamberlee123]

I know this is probably well finished and over but, id like to know for next time. is it a yearly thing? I live in New Zealand, will i be able to see them or is it only America/Europe part of the world? lol, uhm so yeah, couold someone get back to me ? (:

[caminamaximus]

i remember one year the whole family piled out and set up for the meteor shower. We were too close to the city and didn't see much, and my niece, who was maybe 5 didn't have the patience to watch long enough, we ended up getting a flashlight and spotting the trees with it, she still remembers the "maglite meteor shower" :)

Great capture btw, thanks for sharing

[NikoKun]

*sigh* if only I had a good night-capable camera..

I have software which will take a photo instantly upon detecting motion, which would probably work great for this stuff.

[mtdb0i]

ya i was watchin the meteor shower...i saw 2 shootin stars and 2 red comets flyin by like i think 2 tuesdays ago

[galwaygirl88]

this looks cool. I stayed up for ages hoping the clouds would clear up but they didnt. Lost count of the amount of things I have missed because of the stupid irish weather :(

[MusicSoundsCool]

i know :/ there were a bunch of clouds where i live too lol : /

[vissuperdupercool]

this looks great. i stayed up but didnt get to see any since there were too many lights on outside :(

[EllaRockGirl]

yeah in lithuania sky was clear... I have seen lots of meteors. that looks veeery nice

[linutas]

in lithuania were no clouds at all

[Spright0]

i went to see this out in long island ny and i was lying on the roof of me car and those meteorites looked like fire flies it looked like it was right in front of me as in a feet away from me face awesome feeling and this happens every year nothing to do with 2012

[CaitlynzAGangster]

Oh; that was totally kewl.

I watched it in muh front yard(;

It was interesting.

Especially those huge-ass ones. ;D

[nickrod32]

was it only america where you could see this happen?

[UCANCALLMESUNNY]

nah u cud c it in the uk 2, but its been quiet cloudy.

[JayveeValenzuela]

no, Its around the world.

Every August the earth passes by

an area in space where there are falling

stars. around august 11 - 12

[Mumfin]

Yes, they have their own sky.

[starmon2]

Hey you caught a nice bolide there at the end. Congrats !!

[JamesNicholl]

theres too many lights were i am, i cant see any of it :( looks great tho

[s2berry]

will der b more shootin stars? if so.. until when? i ddnt c any on da 12th

[Coopz345]

i jus been outside like 5 mins ago and in the space of 10-15 mins i saw about a dozen!

[dyllan93]

this is amazing

[fartking797]

trtin to stay up but i cant stay up til 2 without like 20 monsters ill coment 2maoorw n tell u how it went

[Scripp]

oh yea guys .... 12th was the peak ... doesn't mean it's over... just means from this day on ..... the best viewing will be later and later each night... so like tonight best viewing is 2am to dawn....

Tomorrow is 3am to dawn....

Saturday night ... 4am to dawn.. get it?

the peak was 12th but this shower lasts pretty much this whole month.

[Scripp]

happens every year because earth goes through the area that the comet left its debris...

but this year is better because of some gravitational effect by Jupiter.

we got a good one tonight here in NE Arkansas... it was huge and broke up and the main part became a fireball.

Guess we are just lucky.

Maybe we are patient?... heh.

[chaseymasta4]

i thought it was the gravitational effect by Saturn not Jupiter

[maccajac]

Agreed

[GoWCoD25]

only saw one tonight but i wasnt laying down cause i just went in my backyard only have dirt and a good area of concrete but didnt stay out for long my neck hurt haha but this is my first time so of course ima be very impatient :) is this gonna happen again this year or next year?

[Scripp]

LAY ON YOUR BACK .... AND LOOK STRAIGHT UP..

THEY ORIGINATE FROM THE NORTH EAST...

YOU WILL SEE 60 TO 80 TONIGHT IF YOU JUST RELAX..

you guys crack me up ....

saw a fireball last night.

just relax and those small ones are every hour ... if you sit there and watch you will get a HUGE one tonight.

you're all just to impatient..

[Vyszeamy]

Sooo pretty! we didn't catch it here in South East Asia :(

[s3ss1ons]

The weather hasnt been on our side but i have managed to see a few good ones this year :)

[CCao7k]

OMG. I didn't see any. I THOUGHT I saw one, but I'm not sure. D:

[Wolfpuppy22]

i saw this last night! :3

[juniorhamz]

i saw 7 in France chalons en champagne

[xazuross]

Where I was, there were clouds -_-

[christelle2194]

lol me too xD i stayed up until 3 am for nothing!

[rubensamuel]

Poorly In Indonesia , I just see like moving blink stars :(

[ArataMusic1]

I saw it here in Newfoundland.

There isn't much light pollution in my town, and I could see every star in the sky, including the milky way behind them.

[VxBTxVCarnage]

if ur from newfoundland i love you. newfoundland is the shiiiiit!!!!!!!! :D

[fear614]

I love you too.

[fear614]

GANDER!?!?

[ArataMusic1]

No, Bay L'Argent.

Burin Peninsula.

[AmazonKC]

.5 looks like a spaceship

[c0vah]

i saw alot in maryland, anyone else in maryland see some?

[Danielw597]

I saw clouds, does that count? :)

[AnonomousGyppo]

I saw a badger at around about 11, pretty cool!

[balinn01]

I lived in Sterling Heights and I didn't see any

[JUAN2842]

I SAW 6.!! here in Dallas, Texas.!!

[TheAstronomer2]

sorry to have had to erased some comments. i'm not a prude, but i run a public observatory and certain words just don't fly well around children - and we encourage folks of all ages - include NASA to drop by here. call the clouds anything you like - but challenge yourself to be a little more creative on the wording!

keep watching for the perseids... and here's hoping the fluffy fluctus stays away from your night skies!

[ICmongoskater]

i only saw 8 an i was out for 2 hours

[Scripp]

Everyone relax this meteor shower lasts about 2 weeks. You will still see meteors tonight and for about the next 4 nights. Each night will be less and less but there will be more than just an average night for sure.

GoW if you where looking southwest you might have seen Jupiter and neptune, they are very close right now and are the brightest object in the sky other than the moon right now.

[piperstar18]

i didn't see any it was cloudy in central belt Scotland but it looks amazing i wish i could see it :(

[Krazii4skandar]

I only saw around 3-5 that's what you get for living in the city. It was absolutely amazing though (:

[XXMISSGAWGUSXX]

I Feel Asleep =]

Arr Well

[rtodd111]

i didnt stay out late enough but i saw my first shooting star!! but looks nothing compared to the actual meteors..probably a waste of time but any clear nights this august i'll check

[HEDONlSM]

I saw 7 here in Northern Ireland, pretty cool

[ello1011]

i didnt even c a thing!

[Uralwaysinmyheartmj]

I saw crap.:[ in eastern FL. u could hardly see anything! I felt bad. :[

[ArcaniteVida]

To answer your question GoWCoD, I believe that star is called the North Star

[SamusAbe]

i was out east of the interstate around 2am when i saw this: there were about five or six meteors all flying next to each other it was easily the craziest thing i have ever seen in my life. i feel so lucky i saw what i did it seemed really rare

[GoWCoD25]

and btw what is with the bright star...its the brightest one in the sky anyone know what it is...it used to be close to the moon early august and now its pretty far from the moon but anyone know what it is?

[OllieSaundersUK]

Awesome video dude!

I live in Chichester in West Sussex (south of England) and the one time something o-so cool happens, it has to have cloudy skies! Urgh! lol

I stayed up until 3 in the morning to see them and didn't see one! Is there gonna be any more shooting stars/meteors? 'caus I'd love to see them in life not just on the internet! :)

5***** by the way! :)

[GoWCoD25]

saw 10 of them i hear alotta people saw a very huge one i wish i saw it :( well this is my first time seeing sometin like this..will it happen again this year or is it one of those every some kind of years thing?

[mbooth1717]

i saw quite a few between 3-4am in north yorkshire in england the one at 00:04 looks awesome!

[TheR3J]

awesome. i wanted to stay up and see it but i was too tierd. lol.

& thanks for posting (:

[pikkuadi]

I saw one HUGE last night. it was so cool!

[millyteaspoonsock]

we especially trekked out at 2am to have a looksie at the highest point on the downs, but the entire surrounding ares were all cloud smothered. gutted.

[brewers3333]

I saw 73 last night from Wisconsin midnight till 1 30am it was well worth staying up WHAT A SIGHT!

[Tiffanyg21]

I WISH I COULD OF SAW THEM!!!!!

im a super space lover! lol

[jimmyshitbags]

i saw 5 or 6 good ones last night near newcastle/sunderland, UK, some were bright streaks, some were swooping, curving points of light... good stuff.

[Ecurrie84]

It's been too cloudy in Liverpool to see them.

[t5gnyaborar]

Watched it last night and saw a bright one that left a trail that was visible for a few seconds. Thanks for the vid!

[lipevalente12345]

i see this last night its very nice!

[grizelda71]

thx. we watched last night and it was amazing

[TheAstronomer2]

DON'T STOP WATCHING THE PERSEID METEOR SHOWER! it doesn't begin or end at a particular time. peak activity simply means this is when the highest number recorded is averaged. truth is, we don't know exactly how broad the meteoroid stream is or exactly when earth may pass through a concentrated area. those are the facts, jack.

what we DO know is about what date the earth will enter the stream and about when we'll exit it. you're going to see activity from the perseids until around 08/25!

[Larchiiiie]

I haven't seen a single one.. here in Slovenia was just too cloudy :(

[opidacul]

it was cloudy in Romania also in the first hours but after 12:30 the stars begings to apear.... and was quite a show!!!!!

[MudHut67]

Fecking Ireland was cloudy all night >:(

[javonoUTube]

When the clouds parted last night here in Ireland there where consistent meteorites, shame the moon drowned the sky with light, cool video!

[thrundar]

Very nice. 5*'s of course

[mitliko12]

I live in country Georgia and saw just 4 meteors, but it was cloudy.

[Scripp]

Also a note about this meteor shower it actually lasts about two weeks. It begins about a week before August 12th and then declines each night after that until around the 17th...

so you still got time to witness some spectacular meteors the next few nights!

[Scripp]

Perseids August 12, morning/evening Rises around midnight

Orionids October 21, morning Near new Moon

Leonids night of November 17/18, morning New Moon

Geminids night of December 13/14 Near new Moon

You will still be able to see many meteors August 13th P.M. through that whole night. Just not quite as many as there were tonight. Maybe 60% as many as tonight.

[xxxSugarNSpicexxx7]

Thats SO lucky.

It was sunny all day on the 11th August here in Wales.

Then at about 9pm when I was going to go outside to try and catch some of the meteor shower, it clouded over and went misty.

The mist and cloud didn't clear up on the 12th aswell. I was well annoyed.

>:O

But im hoping that "maybe" i might see the end of the shower tonight. I just cant believe the clouds came over the two best days to watch it, then went on the last day of the shower ( which is the 13th right? )

[BabyMitch1994]

oh my gosh you are so lucky, im in england- cloud nerli all year round lol- and live on an estate so loads of houses around me. not the best place to be!! haha i cant wait for next years, i just had a look at when the next shower is this yr and its on way too late for me to function properly the next day at school. ha.

[150133]

I'm in oregon. Clouds just cleared. I stayed outside for about 15 minutes and saw about 10 meteors. This one is worth it if you get a good view...

[BabyMitch1994]

i tried to stay up last night but the clouds ruined it for me as they came just at the peak of the show so we couldnt see a damn thing!! i did get to see 10 or so i think. and i know what you mean with the trail Scripp i saw it too but my mum said 'no they don't leave trails' mums eh, who'd have em? lol it was amazing, from what i saw....stupid clouds ruining things as always!!

[ScaryAngelGirl]

i was up two hours and didnt see nothing XD

[NinaMarina3]

LUCKY LOS ANGELES SUCKS TOXIC

[GoWCoD25]

when did u guys see the huge one?

the brightest one i saw was around idk 9:40 9:45 or something but thats it i saw 7 more after that one but my neck was getting exhausted so is stopped around 10:12 becuase it was 15 minutes after i saw one but this was my first time ever seeing something like this and it was very exciting..when is it supposed to happen again?

[Scripp]

GoWCoD25 I live in NE Arkansas and it was around 1 A.M. CST here when I saw a HUGE meteor that broke up then had like 3 smaller pieces behind it. It went pretty much across 70% of the sky and when it finally burned out there was a brownish vapor trail (Cloud like) that it left behind which lingered probably 2 minutes before dissipating.

It's the most awesome Meteor I've ever seen!

[jamieball]

cool!

[hilkebee]

my room was facing the wrong side and my parents told me to sleep so i couldnt get out of there -.- but a few hours before i were outside and i saw three beauties of meteors it was amazing!

[Urzu7Angel]

i wuz watching it but i only saw one..wut a disappointment!!!ILL TRY TO GO OUTSIDE AGAIN!!!!!

[Scripp]

Rosh543 make sure you are looking straight up this late in the morning they might appear in any direction but they all seem to out of the NE sky.

Hold your arm up with your elbow at the horizon facing North East. Where your hand is above the horizon is where most will emenate from but they may not appear in the atmosphere until the middle of the sky above your or just to your left or right but all of them will be moving from lower NE sky outward.

[Scripp]

I'm going back out now .. Just came in for a snack and some more bug spray!

I hope to see another one of those HUGE ones, that blew me away!

[Scripp]

Well I saw one so bright it actually made the sky kinda go purple here and almost went across the whole sky then there was a smoking trail left in the atmosphere after it burned out.

It was super spectacular. I did see about 30 more and three of those were pretty bright but nothing like that HUGE one.

[Scripp]

Mars will be visible in the constellation Taurus and Venus will be a little to the south in the constellation Gemini.

[Scripp]

Mars is visible near there tonight too and will appear slightly reddish in color if you are in an area with little light to interfere with your view.

[OmeRMan09]

yea dat wz saturn... u talkin abt da one slightly west of the 3 stars directly above rite?

[Scripp]

Just came inside from viewing this and I saw three large ones and a HUGE one that went almost across the whole sky and was super bright, then left behind a smoking kinda cloud trail after it disappeared!!

It was awesome!

1am Arkansas

[rosh543]

i saw one after an hour of waiting with so much exitement

[Broadwaywickedgurl]

thats exactly what i saw two days ago three large and a giant one called a fireball i think..

[airsoftfreek69]

omg wtf theres like 2 stars far apart but both south (i think)and they are tiny but they are flashing fast! like normal color of a star to red then back to normal the red but like reallllllyyyy fast does anyone elses see themm?!?!?!?!!? and they are not airplanes or helicopters i know for sure!!!!!

[Decembirth]

I'm in Erie. I didn't see anything ;_;

I did however see a really bright star.

[magicmaniac777]

i saw some around 12 in texas

[rosh543]

im in texas and i saw only one

[tiffazam]

I still don't see anyrhing...stupid streetlights are ruining it.

[PrEtGaL]

I KNOW!!!!!!

[Broadwaywickedgurl]

i stayed up till two last night and i saw tons of meteors but noone else that i was with saw anything.

[airsoftfreek69]

haha that always happens to me

[tiffazam]

thanks for showing us unlucky ones what it looked like! last night it was so clear bur we didn't see anything and were under a thunderstorm advisory tonight, so there's not really much of a chance of seeing it ): I tried to wake up at 5 this morning but I slept through my alarm lol

[TheAutumnEffect9]

Step outside right now. I saw a bunch half an hour ago, but they seem to be slowing down. They last all night though.

[bunnygalxoxo]

W00T i will probably see it tommorrow~~ ^^ at a beach, we will also have a picnic wen we watch it W00T~~

THANK U GOD ^O^

[CuckingFracked]

What do you mean "this years?" it only happens around every 130 years. LOL

[xxashley69]

Hi, CuckingFracked. Actually Perseids shower happens every year around this time, but this year is rare because it is passing through the debris herded together by Saturn. the debris is from a comet named "Swift-Tuttle" : ) When it passes by the sun the comet leaves debris in the orbital path. THAT only happens once every 130 years, not the shower itself.

[InsideLosAngeles]

Makes me feel small against the universe.

[UltraHaxor]

I'm going to go outside tonight to check it out.

[DanielAvilaAGT]

your too late, it was last night, tuesday night night, but theres still a chance, but won;t be as great as tuesday night night

[NukeTheMongoose]

man I wanna watch it soo bad DX

[ShootTheZombies]

There are too many lights and trees where I live. :(

[DanielAvilaAGT]

best thing to do is go next to a tree where the light is away, and some of the comets are actually so bright, the moons light can't hide them or even city lights!! they should pass once every 5 minutes

[12701044]

I'm here in Walla Walla,WA and it's all cloudy. Man, hope to have better luck next year.

[y0carl]

wait, so this already passed tuesday night right? there wont be any more like tonight or anything...?

[DanielAvilaAGT]

well it happend between 11pm (tuesday night) and 12am-5am(wensday)

so theres stilla chance to see them , but it will be very very very little, i saw 5 of them yestersday, i live in the Santa Ana, CA (30miles away from Los Angeles, and i still saw it, it was very stellarific

[judoro99]

Wow! I am in Dayton also and am watching this too!

[deoxysfan10]

I dont know when im able to them... :(

[grungnime]

im seriously upset im a new yorker and i havent seen anything all clouds lately

[californiapotpot]

nice edited john, I see them but not like that lol

[samxf42]

I live in Ohio and I'm seeing one about every 5 minutes

[delphia2020]

same

[DanielAvilaAGT]

true.

[runscapegal]

i cant see any to light in my town :(

[pens90]

wtf is that at :05 seconds. looks like a freckin missle or something. LOL

[manurthebest]

i saw 1 reaaly good one and about 4 smaller ones

[buddydew101]

i think i saw one hit the ground near my house i went outside and saw a bright light a block away

[runscapegal]

buddy drew if 1 hit buy u u would of felt it and herd it and well yea its proablly not true dude

[speeps84]

i know right i can't see anything

[joshthegod9]

i just saw one and i over reacted! :P

[LeBoJames23]

i saw one small one in 15-20 min of looking and thats about it... the tree by my house must be messing up my view

[chilipepa1023]

Cloudy in New England! )=

[terraforce991]

i know how you feel

[XrudX]

who is going to stay up thata long

[nigrke]

We are out in the middle of no where.. so there are no clouds or much light so we saw a ton of them!

[dookiekong007]

I watched between 3 and 4 and saw as much as ten of them. and 2 were BIG

[RaddNinja]

I was really looking foward to seeing this but there is cloud covering almost all the sky here..

[xxxxfionaandrachxxxx]

i am from northern ireland nd 4 once it wasnt cloudy lol i saw 10 it was so cool

[Communigger]

no i have clouds

[7TheMusician7]

i live in england, its 1:19 and i cant see any :( havnt all night, quite cloudy and too much light polution

[loxaXcracker]

I spotted 5 tonight! It was awesome!!

[maniac296]

i just see clear sky nothing tho

[dookiekong007]

how long did u actually luk up? lol. it took me quite a while to see a total of 10 each took like 5 to 10 minutes apart

[TJM18]

i saw it last night! amazing!!!!! is it gonna go on again tonight?

[maikel33016]

yes

[dewooo]

I went out for about one h and saw 11

[laurens1244]

I only saw 7 :(

[kollenw9000i]

i have clouds here right now.. too bad :(

[bobbybobbybobster]

i seen these in uk saw one just like in google image than i saw them blue colour about 6 or 7 of them every 10 20 min and this was at 1:28 to 2:05

[maniac296]

i aint seen any yet and its 11:42

[MrAmerica32]

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