PULL · 18 AUG 2017

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Perseids over the Pyrénées

NASA APOD · Jean-Francois Graffand
COSMIC MESSAGE

This panorama captures Perseid meteors streaking across the night sky above the French Pyrenees. Taken an hour before moonrise, the image shows a misty valley and the lights of a ski station. The Perseid meteor shower occurs annually as Earth passes through dust left by Comet Swift-Tuttle.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
LEO

In tropical astrology, 18 AUG 2017 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 18 AUG 2017.

THE ALMANAC FOR 18 AUG 2017
DAY
Friday
MOON
Waning crescent, 16% lit
POSITION
Day 230 of 365
METEOR SHOWER
Perseid shower, peaked 5 days ago