Thursday, December 20, 2012

Meteor shower

     Last Thursday I had heard the news that there would be a meteor shower at night, and I was really excited to know this information. I decided to view this rare occasion with my own eyes, so I invited my friend to join my action. We rode a motorcycle to the site called "wang kao liao," where is part of the mountain and is less polluted by light so that we could see the beautiful sky more clearly. As we arrived there, there still had a lot of clouds in the sky. But as the time went by, the clouds had disappeared gradually, and the dark sky with uncountable stars had appeared progressively. We lay on the ground to find a good posture preparing for the coming meteor shower. The first meteor appeared just in a sudden when I was chatting with my friend. I felt a light shining cross the sky suddenly, so I turned my head towards the direction that the light appeared immediately. I couldn't describe how stunning it was when the star crossed the dark sky in words, and the only thing I did is shouting at that amazing moment. How lucky I was to see such a wonderful scene, of course, I caught this fortune and made a wish at that moment I saw the meteor. I had seen a meteor before in Lyudao, but this experience is really my first time to see so many meteors at one time. Although the meteors were not falling down like the rain falling which the movies always showed us, but I was still very happy to take part in this astronomical event. It is really a special experience.

1 comment:

  1. I have been to "wang kao liao" too. It's really a good place to relax and escape from the city. But it is quite pity that when I know there was a meteor shower, it just occurred. At that time, I was sleeping, when I woke up the meteor shower just over. According to your article, it seems really great, I hope one day I can see it too. It may be an unforgettable memory to me.

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