Geminid meteor shower

David Finlay writes:

Rudi and I saw lots of these fireballs this morning, but this was by far the best (of mine; I haven't seen Rudi's photos yet). At some stage today once I've had some sleep I'll put together a video documenting this amazing experience, and it can be found at http://www.youtube.com.au/user/clearskiestv

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Thor's fury

It appears that Thor is very angry with someone in the Illawarra, because for the past two days he has been throwing lightning bolts at us. Since we haven't had much luck with space weather and aurorae in the recent past, I'm starting to think that maybe Thor is in cahoots with the Sun gods too!