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October is the time of year for the Orionids Meteor Shower! Pictured here, over two dozen meteors were caught in successively added exposures last October in Inner Mongolia. The featured image shows multiple meteor streaks that can all be connected to a single small region on the sky called the radiant, here visible just above and to the left of the belt of Orion. The Orionids meteors started as sand sized bits expelled from Comet Halley during one of its trips to the inner Solar System. Comet Halley is actually responsible for two known meteor showers, the other known as the Eta Aquarids and visible every May. 

Next month, the Leonids Meteor Shower from Comet Tempel-Tuttle should also result in some bright meteor streaks.

Banff National Park

…but she really loves wearing t-shirts with english words on them.

Yesterday she got herself another one, and asked me to translate those weird alien runes.

So I took a look at it, and… well…

“I don’t think YOU would like to wear that in public.” “Why? Does it say something rude?” “Not really. Just… look at that one word there. You can figure it out yourself.” “Oooooooh. You can have it, then.”

And that’s how I’ve got this:

Britain: