Geminid meteor shower - Cederberg 2018

Arriving when the famed Geminid meteor shower will be waning, the Cederberg will still proved to be a great observation spot.

The 2018 Shower is being heavily punted by the media, especially Google which has honoured the vent with a special Avatar to mark the occasion.

Although the shower will have peaked by the 15th December, and will be more dominant in the Northern Hemisphere,  there should still be some residual activity when I plan to do my grand Cederberg stayover, 2018.

See Geminid meteor shower 
Ref: Earth Sky by Bruce McClure https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-geminid-meteor-shower

The Night of a Hundred Million Stars

Who needs Hollywood? In the Cederberg you can view far more stars and on a dark night they twinkle across the ages at the viewer.

This photo taken at the legendary Sanddrif December 2016.

Can't wait for my next visit.

Freak electric storm brings fire but no rain

Cederberg - 20 December 2017.

Looking South of East - a faint glow from sunset.

Freakish weather resulted in a short electric storm without any rain, but lightning started a fire north west of the Uitkyk Pass. This photo was taken an hour after dark and shows the reflection of the mountain fire off the clouds in the west - note also the stars in the night sky. 

The Calm before the Fire

A typical Cederberg night sky, but the reflection of stellar light off micro particles of smoke reveal the coming of the fire.