The image appeared in a Facebook post that was shared hundreds of thousands of times.
It was seen in the skies over all of North America on the evening and early morning of Nov. 12-13, 1833."Those who were awake to witness the storm were in awe as between 50,000 and 150,000 meteors fell each hour," according to the Library of Congress, which called the event the"one of the first crowdsourced science projects," owing to the fact that Olmsted wrote a letter to newspapers asking readers to send him details about their observations of the event.
"Newspapers at the time were usually subscribed to each other and upon receiving their copy of the New Haven Daily Herald, papers across the nation began reprinting Olmsted's letter," and the method worked. According to the Library of Congress, Olmsted began receiving correspondence from all over the United States, allowing him to publish a paper on his findings the following year.
The image included in the post is an illustration that can be found in the book"Bible Readings for the Home Circle," a book of writings and question-and-answers about Bible scriptures originally published in 1888. According to the Library of Congress, the drawing is titled"The Falling Stars, Nov. 13, 1833," and appeared in the 1914 edition of the book., where the illustration can be found on page 420.
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