This was the ominous display of the POES map last night around midnight:

Looks like we’re headed for a meltdown, doesn’t it? So I bolted up north of town with a good friend of mine, and saw…well, nothing. The sky had a light glow to it, but that’s it. Nothing to report.

That red streak is a plane drifting along the horizon…when the shutter is open for 30 seconds you tend to get neat little artifacts like that.

Oh well, better luck next time! Not to worry, though; we’re heading into another stretch of meteor activity such as the Arietid, June Taurid, and zeta Perseid meteor showers.