We are priviledged in Calasparra to have clear, uncontamminated skies and a real bonus is that we can watch one of the most famous astronomic spectacles in August with the naked eye.
The night of the shooting stars, known in Spain as the «Lágrimas of San Lorenzo, in English St Lorenzo´s tears, and «las Perseidas», is in fact three nights from August 11 to 13, although the main event is normally on August 12.
Star gazers recommend that you use your sun loungers to lie flat and watch the show, which is at its best in the early hours of the morning.
The Perseidas are gas and solid particles, which break away from the tail of a comet in every orbit around the sun, every 133 years. When the earth enters the cloud of dust, which the comet leaves as a trace in space, the particles enter earth´s atmosphere and rain summer stars. These particles, on occasions, are as small as a grain of sand and due to their brusque impact with the atmosphere and the high temperatures they disintegrate and flash in a manner we can observe.
