Many of the 1998 Leonid shower meteors [ http://science.msfc…] were so bright [ http://www.serve.co…] they could be seen even during sunrise. The above photograph [ http://www.leonidsl…] was taken near the dawn of November 16 close to Hong Kong [ http://www.info.gov…], China. However, most meteors [ http://www.serve.co…] are fainter and are not associated with any particular meteor shower [ http://medicine.wus…]. On any given night from a dark location it would not be unusual to see up to 10 meteors per hour, while the predictable Meteor showers [ http://medicine.wus…] might feature 100 meteors per hour [ http://science.msfc…]. A true meteor storm [ http://www.skypub.c…] will occur only a few times per century. The actual intensity of meteor storms [ http://www.imo.net/] is notoriously hard to predict, but may feature rates upwards of 10 meteors per second.
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Many of the 1998 Leonid shower meteors [ http://science.msfc…] were so bright [ http://www.serve.co…] they could be seen even during sunrise. The above photograph [ http://www.leonidsl…] was taken near the dawn of November 16 close to Hong Kong [ http://www.info.gov…], China. However, most meteors [ http://www.serve.co…] are fainter and are not associated with any particular meteor shower [ http://medicine.wus…]. On any given night from a dark location it would not be unusual to see up to 10 meteors per hour, while the predictable Meteor showers [ http://medicine.wus…] might feature 100 meteors per hour [ http://science.msfc…]. A true meteor storm [ http://www.skypub.c…] will occur only a few times per century. The actual intensity of meteor storms [ http://www.imo.net/] is notoriously hard to predict, but may feature rates upwards of 10 meteors per second.
