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<v Speaker 1>The rush hour with James Golden entertaining and informative on

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<v Speaker 1>the Red Apple podcast network, and we.

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<v Speaker 2>Have quite some night apparently if you are on the

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<v Speaker 2>east coast of the New you know, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>if you if you have folks visiting over there in Europe,

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<v Speaker 2>the first total solar eclipse in decades happened today tonight

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<v Speaker 2>their time. It's totality. People had paid exorbitant hotel rates

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<v Speaker 2>to get the best point of views. The sun totally obscured. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>there is something happening in New Jersey and for that tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>not on the same experience level, but for that we

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<v Speaker 2>call in and so glad to have him the official

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<v Speaker 2>astronomer here at both early's rush hour Gary swingin Gary,

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<v Speaker 2>how are you this afternoon?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, good afternoon to you, James, and thank you for

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<v Speaker 3>having me on again. I just want to make a clarification.

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<v Speaker 3>It's going to be visible all over North America at

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<v Speaker 3>the event tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>Wait a minute, I thought this was New Jersey. I

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<v Speaker 2>thought it was on the east coast. You mean to

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<v Speaker 2>tell me this thing is going to be all over

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<v Speaker 2>the country.

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<v Speaker 3>Most of the northern hemisphere.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, tell everybody what it is. I'm keeping him a

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<v Speaker 2>suspense all over the country. Folks, no matter where you

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<v Speaker 2>are in the country, you might be able to participate.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, yes, exactly. It's called the percied media shower coming

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<v Speaker 3>out of the constellation of Perseus. It's an incredible event

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<v Speaker 3>if we can see it. I'n't got my fingers crossed.

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<v Speaker 3>And when I would advise folks to do, if the

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<v Speaker 3>weather cooperates with us, to look in the northeast about

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<v Speaker 3>eleven PM tonight, wait until it gets dark and get

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<v Speaker 3>away from an area that has an air pollution or

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<v Speaker 3>any kind of bright lights. You you need to be

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<v Speaker 3>out in the field or somewhere where it's pretty dark

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<v Speaker 3>to see the large number of meteors. And of course

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<v Speaker 3>you'll be able to see this this show if the

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<v Speaker 3>weather helps us anywhere between eleven PM up to the

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<v Speaker 3>wee hours of the early morning about five AM and so.

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<v Speaker 2>And during that time, what will people see? They will

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<v Speaker 2>see a bunch of media streaking across the sky just

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<v Speaker 2>one aft. Are they sometimes in groups like you see?

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<v Speaker 2>Or what do they what should they expect to see

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<v Speaker 2>if the weather cooperates.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, if the weather cooperates, you know, under ideal conditions,

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<v Speaker 3>which is about you'll see anywhere between the fifty and

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<v Speaker 3>one hundred meteors per hour in this area. That's under

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<v Speaker 3>ideal conditions, James, as if you're at Arizona or Wyoming

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<v Speaker 3>or some other deserted area so to speak. Now it's

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<v Speaker 3>i would say around this year, you'd say anywhere about

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<v Speaker 3>a maximum probably I'll say thirty per hour. And the

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<v Speaker 3>good thing about it is that the moon is not visible,

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<v Speaker 3>so we're going to have a pretty dark night if

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<v Speaker 3>the weather cooperates with us.

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<v Speaker 2>The moon is not visible because of where it is

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<v Speaker 2>falling on its monthly rotation.

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<v Speaker 3>Correct exactly, because you know we had we had the

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<v Speaker 3>solar eclipse this morning, or rather this afternoon, and of

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<v Speaker 3>course by that time, the Earth has rotated, and of

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<v Speaker 3>course the Sun so to speak, is somewhat on the

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<v Speaker 3>other side for this celestial event.

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<v Speaker 4>So this could be a big deal.

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<v Speaker 2>Now if people want to, If people want to, what's

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<v Speaker 2>the best way if you wanted to capture video of

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<v Speaker 2>when you look at the night skies and people see this,

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<v Speaker 2>People do this all the time. Maybe you have some tips,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe you don't. But if you're outside and you see

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<v Speaker 2>it's particularly a beautiful night, and you want to take

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<v Speaker 2>a picture on your phone or picture or camera. What's

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<v Speaker 2>the best way to take a picture of the night sky.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I would suggest if you're using a camera, use

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<v Speaker 3>a digital uh you know SLR and have to shutter

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<v Speaker 3>wide open as long as you can possibly keep it

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<v Speaker 3>open during that time, and you'll get these streaks across

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<v Speaker 3>the sky. Use a wide as I say, to a

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<v Speaker 3>wider lend lens so that you get a wide field

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<v Speaker 3>of the view of the sky. But the best, the

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<v Speaker 3>best way to look at the media showers with the

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<v Speaker 3>naked eye. Don't use anything. I see people go out

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<v Speaker 3>with binoculars and you only that limits your field of view.

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<v Speaker 3>But to go out there and just look up at

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<v Speaker 3>the night on a crystal clear night sky and you'll

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<v Speaker 3>see perhaps in this area, I would say I would

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<v Speaker 3>predict about twenty per hour. Also with an iPhone or

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<v Speaker 3>a commercial. I'm not going to promoad an iPhone, but

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<v Speaker 3>if you take a cell phone, you're going to have

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<v Speaker 3>to run that thing for at least an hour to

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<v Speaker 3>an hour and a half on a stationary tripod and

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<v Speaker 3>just let it run NonStop, and you'll see those streaks

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<v Speaker 3>coming across the sky.

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<v Speaker 2>So even on you. You set up a trifile. If

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<v Speaker 2>that's what you have and that's what you want to use,

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<v Speaker 2>you let it run in. You do a video going

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<v Speaker 2>what like a slow mode video or just a regular.

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<v Speaker 3>Well you could even do a slow video, or you

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<v Speaker 3>can do a fast video. But the most important thing,

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<v Speaker 3>I would think the slow would be better than the fast,

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<v Speaker 3>because what you're trying to do is capture these things

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<v Speaker 3>as they streak across the sky. And they do it,

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<v Speaker 3>they go rapidly across the sky. You'll be surprised when

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<v Speaker 3>you see them coming from a central point in the sky,

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<v Speaker 3>coming out of that constellation, emanating and sort of like

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<v Speaker 3>in three hundred and sixty degrees all around you.

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<v Speaker 2>Now and now you just raise something else and I'll

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<v Speaker 2>let you go after this. But you say, okay, they're

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<v Speaker 2>coming out of the constellation. Yes, Explain how these media

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<v Speaker 2>showers happening. Are they happening all the time or is

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<v Speaker 2>this just something? Why does this happen on? It happens

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<v Speaker 2>regularly so you can predict it. But it doesn't happen

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<v Speaker 2>every night.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you do get meteors every night. In fact, you

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<v Speaker 3>get about forty eight tons of meteor debris every day

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<v Speaker 3>because obviously during the daytime I can't see the meteors.

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<v Speaker 3>But the truth be told about this stuff is that

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<v Speaker 3>one meteor showers occur because they are the remnants of

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<v Speaker 3>the tale of a comet. As comets go around the Sun,

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<v Speaker 3>the radiation from the Sun as well as the gravitational

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<v Speaker 3>pull of the Sun will rip some of the particles

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<v Speaker 3>from the central part of the comet, which is what

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<v Speaker 3>we refer to as a dirty snowball, and that debris

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<v Speaker 3>goes in orbit around the Earth. So every August we

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<v Speaker 3>come around and we go into this field, this debris

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<v Speaker 3>field which gem okay, and those particles are not very big,

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<v Speaker 3>James at all.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, how big are they?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, they're like grains of sand. But the problem is

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<v Speaker 3>that a movie at a speed of it when they

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<v Speaker 3>hit our atmosphere, it's about thirty seven miles per second,

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<v Speaker 3>or about one hundred and thirty three thousand miles per hour.

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<v Speaker 3>And because they're moving so fast, they burn up in

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<v Speaker 3>the Earth's atmosphere. The friction in the atmosphere causes them

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<v Speaker 3>to be overheated and then they vaporize, and that's why

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<v Speaker 3>we see aka shooting stars emanating across the sky.

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<v Speaker 2>You said, these things in some cases no bigger than

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<v Speaker 2>a grain of sand.

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<v Speaker 3>Correct, exactly, So they're not very big at all. WHOA, Now,

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<v Speaker 3>if we have one the size of a golf well,

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<v Speaker 3>you certainly would see it, and they would be visible

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<v Speaker 3>over several Northeastern states, which we call a bull led,

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<v Speaker 3>a very large thing. It looks like a missile traveling

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<v Speaker 3>across the sky. But most of them, most of them.

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<v Speaker 3>When you go out on any night, clear night and

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<v Speaker 3>you look up and you see a meteor, it's not

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<v Speaker 3>very big at all. It's just a tiny greened of sand.

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<v Speaker 4>That is incredible.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow.

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<v Speaker 4>Where can people reach you?

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<v Speaker 2>We have to get get, get, get get, get to

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<v Speaker 2>get in so we can get in our clip of

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<v Speaker 2>the day.

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<v Speaker 4>But where can people reach.

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<v Speaker 3>You, Gary, Well, you can reach me at very easy

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<v Speaker 3>Space Observatory at aol dot com.

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<v Speaker 2>Space Observatory at aol dot com. If you have any questions,

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<v Speaker 2>and you and I are going to be talking further.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you so much for joining us head to the

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<v Speaker 2>sky tonight, folks. This would be a good night to

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<v Speaker 2>see the annual media shower. So thank you so much. Gary,

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate you, Thank.

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<v Speaker 3>You very much. James Clear, Sky Clear.

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<v Speaker 2>Skies to you, my friend James Golden snared Lee. Now

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<v Speaker 2>I learned so much. I did not know that. I

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<v Speaker 2>thought meteors were like media showers, Roy. You know, big

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<v Speaker 2>rocks size of a grain of a sand, and we

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<v Speaker 2>can see it from down here on Earth as it

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<v Speaker 2>flies by. Isn't creation amazing? God's creation?

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