An El Nino winter is a natural climate pattern impacting winter weather across the United States typically every two to seven years.
Stargazers will have some clouds to contend with. Here's where and when your best opportunity will be to see the meteor shower's peak.Author:8:25 AM PDT October 19, 2023will peak this weekend. However, stargazers in Washington will have some overcast conditions to contend with if they want to catch it.
According to NASA, meteors are leftover comet particles from bits of broken asteroids. Comets come around the sun and leave dusty trails in their wake. The Earth then passes through the debris trails that collide with and disintegrate in our atmosphere. The Orionid meteor shower originates from the comet 1P/Halley. When Halley returns to the inner solar system, it sheds ice and rocky dust into space. The dust grains become the Orionids if the dust collides with the Earth's atmosphere in October. If the dust collides in May, they are called the Eta Aquarids, according to NASA.
Being out in nature at night requires some preparation and forethinking to make sure everything goes smoothly. Here's what people should bring for night hiking, and hiking in general, according to the Washington Trails Association:
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