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This is going to sound weird, but... One of the best nights of my life, I was on the beach at Bellows in the middle of the night with this Israeli chick the wee

This is going to sound weird, but... One of the best nights of my life, I was on the beach at Bellows in the middle of the night with this Israeli chick the week after I got back from my last tour in Iraq. We were laying there in the sand, doing what people do on the beach at night and talking about the stars and the universe and smoking dope. I was just talking about the launch of one of the shuttles about half an hour before, and right there over our heads the ISS tracked across the sky with the shuttle right behind it, preparing to dock. I thought it was such an odd configuration and impossibly bright for anything smaller, so I checked my phone and sure enough, that's what it was. I'd give anything for more nights like that. Just the most incredible coincidence, perfect timing. Perfect night.

ghotli 8y ago
Really cool. My dad used to make me go around to teachers before a big meteor shower with documentation as to why this year's shower was "gonna be the big one" and me being out of school the next day should be an excused abcense. That translates to at least ten summers of one night a year under the stars during a shower. Your story reminded me of a time when what must have been a school bus of space dust burned across the entire sky in front of our scout troop. Thanks Dad. Space is crazy.
- jhpankow 8y ago
  I wonder if it was the 1998 Leonids. I got about 25 people from my college dorm to drive to the beach that night. It was the night of the fireballs. Another great memory.
  - KumarAseem 8y ago
    That's a beautiful memory for me too! A lot of us gathered in the college ground and spent 1-2 hours watching the beautiful spectacle. I started to count, and then after sometime just gave up the counting. Never have got another chance after 1998 to see so many in one night.
watersb 8y ago
We caught that with binocualrs. Mind-blowing that we could clearly see the shape of the Shuttle and the ISS. Those are big things.

ghotli 8y ago

Really cool. My dad used to make me go around to teachers before a big meteor shower with documentation as to why this year's shower was "gonna be the big one" and me being out of school the next day should be an excused abcense. That translates to at least ten summers of one night a year under the stars during a shower. Your story reminded me of a time when what must have been a school bus of space dust burned across the entire sky in front of our scout troop. Thanks Dad. Space is crazy.

jhpankow 8y ago
I wonder if it was the 1998 Leonids. I got about 25 people from my college dorm to drive to the beach that night. It was the night of the fireballs. Another great memory.
- KumarAseem 8y ago
  That's a beautiful memory for me too! A lot of us gathered in the college ground and spent 1-2 hours watching the beautiful spectacle. I started to count, and then after sometime just gave up the counting. Never have got another chance after 1998 to see so many in one night.

watersb 8y ago

We caught that with binocualrs. Mind-blowing that we could clearly see the shape of the Shuttle and the ISS. Those are big things.