Tears of St. Lawrence

The famous Fr. Z has had some fine posts on the curiosity of the "tears" of St. Lawrence, as seen here:
http://wdtprs.com/blog/2010/08/the-tears-of-st-lawrence-are-still-flowing/

Some nights ago at midnight yours truly went out to the seashore and laid down on a big rock and the view was tremendous.

With the fishermen and the crash of the waves one could see the famed tears of St. Lawrence like something out of a motion picture.

The tears look a bit terrifying; like speedy missiles. 

What you see is a star now and then flying through the sky with tremendous speed and at the blink of an eye it is all over.