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Aquatic, Nature Notes, Wildlife

 Hellbenders and the Excitement of Late Summer

by Linda Martinson 

August is an exciting month as summer begins to wind down. For example, there are often some spectacular meteor showers in late July through August. The Perseids are one of the brighter meteor showers, and they occur every year between July 17 and August 24. This year they peaked (at night of course) between August 12 and 13. Our daughter is in charge of nighttime excitement at our house, and she put chairs out on the deck and woke us up to watch the sky on Saturday night, August 13. This year, however, the moon was full so the meteors were not so bright, but it was still exciting to bask in the full moon and catch glimmers of meteor flashes.

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