I have zero luck with watching meteor showers. I would wait up and just stare at the sky. Where I used to live we had a really awesome country airport that we could sit at and just stare with our unobstructed line of sight to the heavens. Of course people abused it and would party and shit so they closed it down for overnight astronomical stuff. Eclipses are nerve-wracking because all the text is a puffy cloud to get in the way and kill your day. I miss 17. I was in Texas for the the Ring of fire but what a pain in the ass and I'm sure this will be no different.
I lived out in a small town in northern Vermont for a few years. The Leonids were wild. They were so bright they'd reflect of the snow. My indoor only (deaf so very visual) cats would sit in the window and watch both the sky and the sparkles on the snow. The northern lights were very cool to see as well.
Out here in AZ I keep hoping for aliens when I'm plane watching ;) but I'm in the city so probably not.
I've never seen too many wonders from the sky in Arizona. I've had good luck way North on the border of Utah but nothing really anywhere else. Years ago I caught a starlink launch in Sedona and that was pretty cool watching that flower out.
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