If you’re lucky enough to be on island this week, note that this upcoming Thursday night marks our next new moon when pitch-black skies will make for the clearest stargazing.
What better place to spread a blanket and gaze skyward than on our Ocean’s Reach beach? As you may know, our island beaches have the added bonus of benefiting from the city’s lack of streetlights and dark-skies ordinance.
Another reason it should be so mesmerizing: The Delta Aquarids meteor shower will reach its peak that night, meaning that meteors radiating from the constellation Aquarius may appear anywhere in the sky!
Just be careful of our sea turtle nests. As always, make sure you NEVER use a white-light flashlight or camera flash on the beach at night this time of year, as they are highly detrimental to the little ones’ natural navigational instincts. Special red-light flashlights are available for just this purpose!
