Spectacular Meteor show due in UK

[LTR12101B]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2...62716,,00.html

A FIREWORK display of shooting stars will rain across Britain this week.

The spectacular blazing meteors — the remains of comet Swift-Tuttle — will be at their peak on Wednesday night.

Robin Scagell, of the Society for Popular Astronomy, said yesterday: “The warm summer nights offer a great chance to see this free firework show.

“At their best you might see 100 an hour.”

Just watch out for that ugly looking plant in the garden!

[VIPER_1069]

what about the rainstorms now LTR lol will that inhibit the viewing lol

raining hard here now

[janiedriver]

I hope ya'll get a great show from it, and someone gets some pictures!

[VIPER_1069]

no chance its still raining bleh

[LTR12101B]

Nobody picked up the plant reference?


http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/tv/triffids/

[janiedriver]

I still don't get it! What Plant Reference???

[MackemX]

are we talking bodysnatchers?

[scarecrow]

It happens at my country every year, from the first week of August till mid-September... intensity varies, but the show is great indeed, especially if you live away from the city lights, like myself!

[LTR12101B]

"The Day of the Triffids" - It starts with a meteor shower, and then everyone (but a few key characters) wakes up blind and these plants are walking around killing them - I know it sounds like a B-movie.

Actually, in the book, the plants are already there and dangerous, but are farmed - whereas in the film, they don't seem to bother with their origin.

The TV series was reasonably close to the book, unlike the film.

[janiedriver]

No wonder I didn't get it. The only thing I know about the Day of the Triffids is the title. Never read it or saw the series.

[MackemX]

lol, I thought of that and now I remember the TV series . The guy has bandages around his eyes so he doesn't get blinded. How lame was it though?,the acting etc

do remember the stupid noise they used to make?