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Leonid Meteor Shower Peaking, Roseville Pics & Clips Among Top Read Posts

We are continuing our countdown of the Top 20 Read Posts of 2012 on Roseville Patch.

Roseville Patch covered a lot of different stories, topics and events throughout 2012, but there were a few that stood out as the most read by Patch readers.

We are in the midst of sharing the top 20 most read posts of the year from Roseville Patch now and through the end of  2012. Share your thoughts on the stories in comments below.

No. 20 on our Top Read Posts of 2012  (Click on the highlighted link to see the story.)

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No. 19 on our list is Prostitution Crackdown in Roseville Has One Adult Escort Thinking Twice.

Today our list continues. No. 18 is Roseville Pics & Clips: Wild Rice Festival Recap. (This is a continuous feature.)

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And the No. 17 Top read post was Leonid Meteor Shower 2012 Peaking. Our story first posted on Nov. 18. Here is part of the story:

"These meteors are fast (about 40 miles per second) and can leave trails of smoke, according to Astronomy.com. They will appear to radiate from the constellation Leo the Lion and can vary in color. They will be at their optimum radiance for viewing through the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday (Nov.20), night skies permitting.

Many Leonids are also bright. Usually, the meteors are white or bluish-white, but in recent years some observers reported yellow-pink and copper-colored ones," according to Astronomy.com. In general, members of the Minnesota Astronomical Society (MAS)  say that Roseville residents need to get out the city for such meteor gazing because of light pollution from the Twin Cities.

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