The Heavens on Fire: The Great Leonid Meteor Storms

by Mark Littmann

Book Overview

Meteor succeeded meteor in such rapid succession that it was impossible to count them; at times the sky seemed full of them, and the earth was illuminated as with a morning light. Eye-witness accounts such as this, and every spectacular detail of the Leonids, the greatest meteor showers of all, can be found in the acclaimed The Heavens on Fire. In this volume, author Mark Littmann vividly tells the history of meteors, and especially the Leonids, whose...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521779790
• ISBN13: 9780521779791
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.7"