“…From
half after two in the morning, the most
extraordinary luminous meteors were seen in the
direction of the east....Thousands of bolides and
falling stars succeeded each other during the
space of four hours. “…The meteors were seen to
rise above the horizon at E.N.E. and at E., to
describe arcs more or less extended, and to fall
towards the south, after having followed the
direction of the meridian. "....there was not in
the firmament a space equal in extent to three
diameters of the moon, which was not filled every
instant with bolides and falling
stars.“
1799 F. H. A.
Humboldt,Cumana,
South
America |