Word: sky
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Bovill, Orofino, Troy, Elk River, Moscow, Genesee, Lewiston, Orchard, Juliaetta and Kendrick, last week were hunting for a big hole in the earth. More superstitious citizens put their heads together, whispered of miracles. On Christmas Eve they had seen a strang light yellow light rip earthwards through the sky of northern Idaho. Then they heard a deafening crash. The flash was seen as far as Spokane, Wash., over 100 mi. Mrs. Joseph Holland, who said she saw it on her way home from church, described the phenomenon for newsgatherers as "three glowing stars surrounded by an electric display." Said...
...Latest sky census taken by Dr. Edwin Powell Hubble, Mt. Wilson Observatory, Pasadena, reported 30 million galaxies, star systems...
...long been the Hoover Administration's wise custom to use normal 1928 instead of sky-rocketing 1929, as a basis for comparison with...
...disappointed U. S. astronomers went to bed early one evening last week. They had planned to sit up all night to watch the expected leonid meteor display, but fogs and rain in most localities made observing impossible. Watchers at New Orleans had several hours of clear sky, reported a fine display...
...Leonid meteors, advance guards of a main swarm which appears three times a century, should be looked for in the eastern part of the sky. The shower may last three or four nights. Dr. Fisher stated, and pictures will be taken at the observatory to determine the speed of the meteors and whether they are pieces of a live or dead planet. On November 16, 1929 about ten Leonids were counted during three of the early morning hours...