[thechat] leonids tonight

[Tony Crockford]

> My wife, my son, and I were out in the backyard from
> 2:20am to 3am PST and we counted 117. A lovely
> alternative to sleep! There were several largish firey
> ones and the, uh, contrails were distinctly green.
> Why?

I am not a scientist, but my basic chemistry suggests that they probably
had high copper content, which tends towards green when burning or
oxidising.

anyone think that sounds possible?

But hey, you saw 117! I saw zilch, due to very heavy fog - same again
tonight.

I'm gonna relocate to a better country!