PULL · 14 AUG 2012

This was
your sky.

Perseid Meteors and the Milky Way

NASA APOD · Jens Hackmann
COSMIC MESSAGE

The Perseid meteor shower, captured here, appears to radiate from the constellation Perseus. Each meteor is a dust grain from comet Swift-Tuttle, burning up in Earth's atmosphere. This composite image shows six meteors, one streaking across the Milky Way band.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
LEO

In tropical astrology, 14 AUG 2012 falls under Leo (♌). The sign's window runs from 07-23 through 08-22. Leo is anchored by Regulus, the heart of the Lion, twenty-four parsecs from Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 14 AUG 2012.

THE ALMANAC FOR 14 AUG 2012
DAY
Tuesday
MOON
Waning crescent, 10% lit
POSITION
Day 227 of 366
METEOR SHOWER
Perseid shower, peaked yesterday