Perseid Meteor Shower To Peak This Weekend

editor@mercurynews.com ( / Mercury News), San Jose Mercury News
Fri, 08/10/2012 - 8:52am

The year's big meteor shower, the Perseid event, will peak on Saturday night.In the Bay Area, the event will be best viewed as midnight approaches on Saturday.

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