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Article: Spectacular dance in night sky.
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- Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
- Article date:
- August 14, 2009
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Byline: Biju Mathew, Staff Writer
Dubai: Look up and read the writing in the sky; it is written with a faint white ink and it said: catch a shooting star if you can.
It was a journey worth recollecting, which was not for the faint eyed or those who go to bed early. Our nocturnal trip - with the high hope of watching the annual meteor shower - started when most UAE residents were gearing up for sleep.
A star-struck crowd of not more than 100 gathered in Al Twar and set off in three separate convoys - each led by a pilot vehicle driven by a Dubai Astronomy Group member - to the distant desert far away from the bright, "sky dimming" lights of the ...