METEOR SHOWERS ARE LIKE NATURE S FIREWORKS,
AND THIS WEEK IS THE GEMINIDS -- ONE OF THE

STRONGEST OF THE YEAR.

METEOR SHOWERS ARE USUALLY CAUSED BY EARTH
PASSING THROUGH THE TAIL OF A COMET, BUT UNUSUALLY,

THE GEMINIDS ARE CAUSED BY A ROCK
COMET AN ASTEROID THAT BEHAVES LIKE A COMET!

TO FIND GEMINI DRAW AN IMAGINARY ARROW THROUGH
THE BIG DIPPER -- FROM MEGREZ DIAGONALLY THROUGH

MERAK -- AND IT WILL POINT TO CASTOR AND POLLUX,
THE HEADS OF THE GEMINI TWINS.

THE MOON WILL BE NEARLY FULL THIS YEAR SO
IT S NOT THE BEST YEAR FOR ONE OF THE BEST

SHOWERS, BUT EVEN THOUGH THEY LL RADIATE
FROM GEMINI, METEORS CAN APPEAR IN ANY PART

OF THE SKY!

IF IT S CLEAR, DEFINITELY GET OUT THERE
AND PEEK.

THE BEST TIME TO WATCH WILL BE AROUND 2AM
DECEMBER 13 AND 14, WITH STREAKS OF BURNING

MATTER PEAKING AROUND 50 PER HOUR (OR AROUND
ONE EVERY MINUTE) IN THE DARKEST SKIES.

SO GRAB A BLANKET, FIND A COMFY SPOT, AND
KEEP LOOKING UP!