Good Year for Perseid Meteor Viewing, Especially on the Ocean

Peak Is Saturday; Hope Insects Are a No-Show

Domenico Di Cola shot this photo of the Perseids meteor shower for NASA a few years ago.

One of the many great things about cruising is that we often find ourselves in splendid isolation, far from city lights with an unimpeded view of the sky. Now, we have arrived to another August, possibly the most disturbing August of our American lives. Let us look s…