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DAYS.
NEWSCHANNEL 15'S NICHOLAS
FERRERI
JOINS US NOW TO FILL US IN AND
BREAK IT ALL DOWN.
MAKE SURE YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
YOU
WERE SEEING IF YOU'VE TAKEN TIME
TO DO SOME SKYWATCHING
RECENTLY BECAUSE, DEPENDING ON
THE TIME OF DAY, YOU WERE SEEING
DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE'VE TALKED A LOT IN RECENT
ABOUT THE GEMINID METEOR SHOWER,
WHICH PEAKED EARLY THIS MORNING.
BEST
BRIEF STREAKS OF LIGHT FROM THIS
SHOWER
OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THE EARTH
EXTINCT COMET.
VISIBLE PATHS IN THE SKY WERE
PRESENT
PRODUCING SOME GREAT SNAPSHOTS.
MANY OF YOU SHARED YOURS WITH US
THROUGH OUR WANE DOT COM MOBILE
REPORT IT FEATURE.
THIS PHENOMENON WAS A COMPLETELY
AND HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE
METEOR SHOWER.
THESE CLOUD PATHS
WERE SIMPLY JET CONTRAILS,
CLOUDS CREATED AS A RESULT
OF WATER VAPOR CONDENSING AND
FREEZING AROUND PARTICLES FROM
AIRPLANE EXHAUST..
SPOT, BECAUSE THEY LINGER LONGER
IN THE SKY.
PLUS, SINCE THEY'RE CAUSED BY
THE AIRPLANES THAT FLY OVERHEAD,
THEY'RE A PRETTY COMMON
OCCURRENCE.
BUT, THE GEMINID METEOR SHOWER
HAPPENS ONLY DURING THIS TIME OF
PEAK OCCURRED THIS MORNING, YOU
STILL
LATER TONIGHT
FROM THE WEATHER CENTER, I'M
NICHOLAS FERRERI, NEWSCHANNEL
15.