“Get the Professor. We’ve got to get on this because it’s happening tonight!”

“I’ll go find her!”

“Me too!”

“We should go out by the lake. We can watch them reflected off the water too. How about North Shore Gardens on those little wooden decks they have?”

“Great idea. They’ve got those lounge chairs. If we sit in those we can look straight up no problem, and there’s no lights around there unless one of the ferries goes by.”

“What time does Doubler’s close?”

“Always a relevant question if we’re planning an evening.”

“I found Talitha-chan!”

“Oh my goodness. What’s going on?”

“It’s a meteor shower! You’ve got to tell us what’s going on! You’re the space girl with the telescopes and the star maps and all that stuff.”

“We have to get your telescope so we can see ‘em!”

“You can’t see meteors with a telescope, Cici, they move too fast. But you can see them if you just watch the sky.”

“What is a meteor anyway?”

“It’s a piece of rock or part of a comet that enters the Earth’s atmosphere. If it hits the ground it’s called a meteorite. Not very many meteors hit the ground because when they enter the atmosphere they get very hot and most burn up.”

“Toasty.”

“The Perseid Meteor Shower happens for many days, but it peaks on August 11th and August 12th in 2009. Space.com, Sky and Telescope and Astronomy.com all have articles about it, with instructions on how to watch and see the meteor shower.”

“The Professor is dialed in, as usual.”

“It sounds like fun! Let’s go see! Have fun watching the meteors minna-san! Ja ne!”