Not really weather related but it's up in the sky - so if we allow astronomy guess this is sort of on topic.
Just saw a really bright shooting star across Sydney from the SE to NW. Carried from when I first saw it about 45 degrees above the horizon in the SE to about 20 degrees above the NW horizon. Bright blue with an orange trail that lasted very briefly. Which got me thinking about other times I have seen them.
My first one I can really recall was in Woomera SA about 1972. Driving south around sunset with dad and it came straight down in front of us. Must have been very bright as it was still light at the time. Looked to impact somewhere but of course may have just gone below the horizon. I was only 8 at the time!
Apart from the odd one here or there a memorable night was about 4 years ago. I was staying in a B&B over on Yorke Peninsula with a nice lady who I was quite keen on at the time. Anyway, about midnight after a spa we couldn't sleep so went out the back and lay on the picnic rug to look at the stars. Must have been summer! For about 2 hours there was a meteor storm going on that I couldn't match up later with any of the regular big ones. A shooting star every couple of minutes coupled with a distant thunderstorm off the north lighting up the sky in that direction. Never seen so many in such a short time before.
Anyone else have any good experiences with this different celestial phenomenon?
