Geminid Meteor Shower
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The Geminid meteor shower peaks Wednesday and Thursday this week with upwards of 100 meteors per hour.
The moon is a very thin waning crescent and should look really nice under a clear sky.
Orville Wright flew the first powered flight 114 years ago, on December 17th, 1903.
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