By Fernando Ramirez Published 9:21 am CST, Friday, November 16, 2018 Houstonians can watch this year's Leonids Meteor Shower between midnight and 3:00 a.m. on Saturday. >>> See spectacular images of Leonid meteors Houstonians can watch this year's Leonids Meteor Shower between midnight and 3:00 a.m. on Saturday. >>> See spectacular images of Leonid meteors Photo: Jordan Lye/Getty Images Photo: Jordan Lye/Getty Images Image 1 of / 37 Caption Close Image 1 of 37 Houstonians can watch this year's Leonids Meteor Shower between midnight and 3:00 a.m. on Saturday. >>> See spectacular images of Leonid meteors Houstonians can watch this year's Leonids Meteor Shower between midnight and 3:00 a.m. on Saturday. >>> See … [Read more...] about Look, up in the sky! Leonid meteorite shower promises dazzling light show
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Meteor captured on camera streaking across sky in Central Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- Texas is fully living up to shining "big and bright" after it appears a meteor streaked across the sky Thursday night.In the Killeen area, video from Christopher Cato shows the burst of light caught on his dash camera as it traveled through the atmosphere. Others in Central Texas said they heard a loud boom.One woman in the Houston area told ABC13 meteorologist Travis Herzog they spotted the blue flash, which bloomed into a turquoise jewel tone as it raced across the night sky.Viewer Mary Ann Miron reported that she saw something unusual explode in the sky around 9:30 p.m. in Hempstead west of Highway 6 on FM 1736."A giant ball like a meteorite changed the rainbow spectrum of colors until it turned into a beautiful turquoise," Miron said. "I've seen shooting stars, but this was HUGE and colorful!"NASA defines a meteor as a bit of rock that breaks off from an asteroid orbiting the sun. It burns when it enters Earth's atmosphere. If part of the rock survives the … [Read more...] about Meteor captured on camera streaking across sky in Central Texas
Mum shares heartbreaking moment murder victim Owen Hassan’s son, 3, tells her ‘I need to go get daddy in the sky’
A MURDER victim's young son has said he needs to "go and get my daddy up in the sky" in heart-breaking audio shared by his mum today. Owen Hassan, 30, died after he was attacked by two men in Glasgow last week. His three-year-old son Owen Junior has made a desperate plea to see his 'hero' after the tragic murder. In audio shared by the boy's mum Courtney Thomson on Facebook, the little lad says: "Mummy, I need to go and get my daddy up in the sky." Courtney has hit out at the thugs responsible for the death. She told The Daily Record: "This is something no mother should have to do. I've now gone from being hurt to angry. "These people have robbed a little boy of his hero." Cops are stepping up their efforts to catch those responsible for Owen's death. Plain clothes and uniform officers were at the scene in Greenview Street in the Shawlands of the Scottish city last night to stop and interview people in an attempt to jog their memories. Around 10.25pm last week, emergency services were … [Read more...] about Mum shares heartbreaking moment murder victim Owen Hassan’s son, 3, tells her ‘I need to go get daddy in the sky’
Record number of cranes cross Hungary’s sky
A record amount of cranes have crossed Hungary's skies this week. The ornithologists counted 160.000 species in the lowland, a quarter of them around the fishing lakes near Szeged. They usually make a stopover there on the long journey. The huge water birds fly from Russia and Scandinavia to North Africa, but some of the cranes are coming from China. The great migration is also visible from space. Hungarian puszta is one of the largest meadows and steppe ecosystems in Europe. The harmony with traditional agriculture provides suitable conditions for nesting and migration of many bird species. … [Read more...] about Record number of cranes cross Hungary’s sky
Dryer than the Sahara, orange skies, and 20-degree temperatures: Calif. is becoming Mars
By Amy Graff, SFGATE Published 1:52 pm PST, Friday, November 9, 2018 The sun rises above the East Bay hills through a smoky haze in Berkeley, Calif. on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. Air quality in the region remains unhealthy while smoke from the Camp Fire in Butte County continues to drift to the south. less The sun rises above the East Bay hills through a smoky haze in Berkeley, Calif. on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. Air quality in the region remains unhealthy while smoke from the Camp Fire in Butte County continues to ... more Photo: Paul Chinn, The Chronicle Buy photo People wear masks while walking through the Financial District in the smoke-filled air Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, in San Francisco. Authorities have issued an unhealthy air quality alert for parts of the San Francisco Bay Area as smoke from a massive wildfire drifts south, polluting the air. Officials say the thousands of structures in the town of Paradise, … [Read more...] about Dryer than the Sahara, orange skies, and 20-degree temperatures: Calif. is becoming Mars