NP: Flying Dirt

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

          Meteor shower to peak tonight
           By Julie Sevrens Lyons
          San Jose Mercury News
          SAN JOSE, Calif. — Looking for some dirt-cheap 
          entertainment tonight? Look up in the sky.The 
          annual Perseids meteor shower is caused by 
          flying dirt, tiny meteors that will hit Earth's 
          atmosphere at high speed and then leave streaks 
          as they burn up.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003832655_meteor12.html