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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;mso-fareast-language:PT'>PERSEID METEOR SHOWER: </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:PT'>Earth is entering a stream of debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle, source of the annual </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:PT'><a href="http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/09aug_perseids2011/"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0066CC'>Perseid meteor shower</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:PT'>. International observers are </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:PT'><a href="http://www.imo.net/live/perseids2011/"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0066CC'>now reporting</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:PT'> more than 20 Perseids per hour, a number that will increase as the shower reaches its peak on August 12-13. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:PT'>Last night in Arizona, photographer Marsha Adams caught a Perseid meteor shooting over Ship Rock near Sedona:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Marsha-Adams-Persiuds-meteor-110811-c_1313081949.jpg"><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0066CC;mso-fareast-language:PT;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=426 height=319 id="Imagem_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CC58F8.9E304900" alt="Descrição: http://spaceweather.com/swpod2011/11aug11/Marsha-Adams1_strip.jpg"></span></a><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:PT'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:PT'>"The meteor was bright enough to be seen through the glaring moonlight that was illuminating the landscape," notes Adams.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:PT'>On Aug. 10th in Dayton, Ohio, photographer John Chumack recorded a </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:PT'><a href="http://spaceweather.com/swpod2011/11aug11/John-Chumack1.jpg?PHPSESSID=tkekhkvc5d27kodj3nbsekdu64"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0066CC'>flurry of Perseids</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:PT'>. "More than 3 dozen bright meteors rained down over my observatory last night!" he says. "Many were brighter than I expected, so there is still a chance for folks to see some Perseids despite the glare of the bright Moon."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:PT'>The </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;mso-fareast-language:PT'>best time to look is Saturday morning, Aug. 13</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:PT'>, just before dawn when the Moon is low and meteor rates are peaking. Some observers will also see the International Space Station, which coincidentally flies over many US towns and cities during the shower's peak: </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:PT'><a href="http://spaceweather.com/flybys?PHPSESSID=tkekhkvc5d27kodj3nbsekdu64"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0066CC'>ISS tracker</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:PT'>. Also, be sure to tune into </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:PT'><a href="http://spaceweatherradio.com"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0066CC'>Space Weather Radio</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:PT'> to hear the ghostly pings of Perseids disintegrating over the US Air Force's Space Surveillance Radar. It makes a great soundtrack for any meteor watch. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:PT'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mais informações em: <a href="http://spaceweather.com">http://spaceweather.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>