Put North on the map toward North in the real world, and then imagine the map domed over your upturned face just like your own private planetarium dome. You've got two options. You can wait until November 17 and plan for the meteor shower of this decade, when we run into the Leonid debris field. We'll tell you more about this well in advance. In fact, staying tuned for the Perseids may be your other option to experience a meteor shower.
Meteors blazing through the earth's atmosphere leave an ionized trail in the air over our heads.
For a few seconds, that electrically charged air acts as a great radio wave reflector. When a shower such as the Perseids is under way, transmissions from hundreds of miles away can ricochet off these meteor trails, and be heard much farther away than usual. Tune an FM radio to the exact frequency of a station on a distant island. Depending upon where you live, you might try KQNG at 93.5 MHz on Kauai, or KOAI at 95.1 MHz on Maui, or KPOI at 97.5 MHz on Oahu. Be sure you pick a station that you can't hear.