Recently, we announced an invitation for everyone who would like to review space books for Universe Today. We here at Universe Today were overwhelmed by the huge response from readers all over the world. And now, we’re so glad to feature the first book review submitted by Dave DeHetre, an astrophotographer from Kansas. Here’s Dave’s review of the book, “Celestial Delights: The Best Astronomical Events Through 2020 by Francis Reddy.”
In 2001 or 2002, I can’t remember which, I saw on the TV news that there was going to be a meteor shower that night (the Leonids). At some time late into the night, I found myself unable to sleep, and figured I’d go take a look. I walked barefoot onto my front lawn and looked up to a chaos of movement. There were so many meteors that they almost blended into a static noise pattern. There were dozens of smaller, and several larger streaks across the sky at any given moment. I was impressed. I went inside and woke up my wife, and both of us stood on the lawn, heads craned back, mouths open in awe until impending hypothermia chased us back inside.
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