The ship is currently up at iconic Monkey Mia after just having finished a Youth Explorer Voyage today. The crew and our red shirts will be joined by the first group of Christ Church Grammar Year 8s who will board the ship tomorrow night.
It was around this time on past year 8 camps on the Leeuwin that CCGS teacher David Proudlove got to witness "Gasps of amazement as two boys, posted on the midnight to 0400 hours night watch, were treated to meteor showers across an indigo-tinged, inky black sky with distant lightning storms flashing through towering clouds far to the south-west."
The shower runs annually from April 19 to May 28 and is set to peak late tomorrow night and early Sunday morning. It is common knowledge that meteor showers are best seen from dark locations away from lights and pollution - and we couldn't think of a better place to be watching it than in the middle of the ocean sat up on deck!!
For anyone who is in to their astrology, the Meteors will radiate from the constellation Aquarius, but can appear anywhere in the sky. The Eta Aquarids is an above average shower, capable of producing up to 60 meteors per hour during its peak. It is produced by dust particles left behind by Comet Halley.
Here's hoping that the ship gets a magical view tomorrow night and for the rest of us who can only wish they were there... guess we will have to attempt to find the next best place to watch!
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