Karen had just delivered a hot cup off coffee to me on the bridge. It was about 9:30, The dark night had closed in around the bridge with the glow from the radars and other instruments, the only form of light. We could be the only people in a million square miles of this Pacific wilderness. We are well over a thousand miles away, in any direction to the nearest land and well away from normal shipping lanes. We have not seen a ship in 10 days of sailing.
Seeing a shooting star is normal and not even worth mentioning to the person sharing the bridge watch with you. These sightings are frequent and are usually such fleeting moments caught in peripheral vision. Last nights sighting was a special one! At first a shooting light across the sky bright green in colour and then as it hit the earths atmosphere is flared bright with a long green tale following it. I am sure that something made it through the atmosphere, a meteorite crashing to earth in the middle of a massive ocean watched only by me and Karen who could not believe our eyes ,pleased to share the experience. Only 5 or 6 seconds out of a 4 hour night watch but it made our day.
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