Comment Re:Report from California 5:30am (Score 1) 239
I ended up watching it from within LA city limits...from about 2:00PST to 2:45 in West Hollywood, on a condo rooftop just north of Sunset on Horn, and then driving up to Mulholland just east of Beverly Glen on a turn-out from about 3:10 to 5:00 in the morning.
I was surprised how much I could see from the condo rooftop, we were seeing about 3-4 per minute with a couple of nice bright ones. However, up on Mulholland, it was absolutely fantastic. Seeing about 7-8 per minute with a few bolides, including an absolutely spectacular one to the south-southwest that lit up the area I was in like a flash from a camera. It was stunning, to put it mildly.
I had planned to drive out north to Pyramid lake, but my friends convinced me to stay in West Hollywood until 2. Unfortunately, because of that, I didn't get a chance to pick up any blankets, lawnchairs, or even a jacket, so I was sitting up on Mulholland with just a super thin longsleeve shirt and jeans, and according to another guy up there, it was about 43 degrees or so. At least that's what his truck said. Stood there for about two hours craning my neck, but I fought through that pain!
Nice time, and I'm glad I could see what I did from the city limits.
I was surprised how much I could see from the condo rooftop, we were seeing about 3-4 per minute with a couple of nice bright ones. However, up on Mulholland, it was absolutely fantastic. Seeing about 7-8 per minute with a few bolides, including an absolutely spectacular one to the south-southwest that lit up the area I was in like a flash from a camera. It was stunning, to put it mildly.
I had planned to drive out north to Pyramid lake, but my friends convinced me to stay in West Hollywood until 2. Unfortunately, because of that, I didn't get a chance to pick up any blankets, lawnchairs, or even a jacket, so I was sitting up on Mulholland with just a super thin longsleeve shirt and jeans, and according to another guy up there, it was about 43 degrees or so. At least that's what his truck said. Stood there for about two hours craning my neck, but I fought through that pain!
Nice time, and I'm glad I could see what I did from the city limits.
