I Watched The Perseid Meteor Shower In Montana

The Perseid Meteor Shower was at it's peak in the northern hemisphere this last weekend of August 11th, 12th and 13th.

It was only coincidence that I happen to be headed car camping at Bair Lake just outside of Checkerboard, MT. It was my chance to catch an amazing meteor shower and that, I did.

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I arrived at the lake on Friday evening around 10pm, setup camp, and went to bed. I woke up around three or four am to see if I can see any meteor action. Although the stars, the Milky Way galaxy were all out and incredibly vibrant, however I didn't see much of anything resembling shootings stars so I decided to head back to bed.

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The next day, I said to myself that I would look in certain places that night particularly toward the the north sky.

Around the same time on Sunday morning around 4am I woke up and the stars were out despite clouds and covering the sky 8 hour prior. Same as the last night the Milky Way galaxy and the stars were brighter than ever, but this time the night sky was filled with meteors.

That morning, I think I counted fifteen or twenty shooting stars in the northern sky, and just as many everywhere else.

I woke up my wife to see the meteor action, because of the frequency she was able to see one or two before deciding to go back to sleep.

Although I saw a great deal this time around, I'm going to prepare more for next year like using some sort of recording device to document it and center a camping trip more around the meteor event.