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Hello Night Riders! @Zsolt @Jose Luis Campos @Ash S. @Diego @Herman G @nithish468 @Michael asir @Zulfikhar Naiyar @Suneedh Wrangler @ChrisW Its a dusty day, but the dust cant hold back us or the moon! RSVP is now closed, convoy order as below. See you at 20:00 ready for briefing, radio channel 8 (446.181) Don't forget a chair to watch the moon from when we have our moon watching break.

No Problem @Thomas54675. There will be plenty more night drives to join in the future. @Mike M. Fingers Crossed! @GauravI'm sure we will be filling up the galleries tomorrow with lots of blurry pictures taken in the dark 😅

oh nice! these should be good. Hope we can spot some tonight! thx for the link @Gaurav

@Herman G yeah there is a fair bit of dust in the air down in AD. This will just mean we get a nice redder colour moon 😄

Tomorrow night will also be peak radiance of the annual Southern Taurids meteor shower. We should have a peak rate of around 10 shooting stars an hour from 22:00 visible just below the moon. From wiki: The Taurids are an annual meteor shower, associated with the comet Encke. The Taurids are actually two separate showers, with a Southern and a Northern component. The Southern Taurids originated from Comet Encke, while the Northern Taurids originated from the asteroid 2004 TG10, possibly a large fragment of Encke due to its similar orbital parameters. They are named after their radiant point in the constellation Taurus, where they are seen to come from in the sky. Because of their occurrence in late October and early November, they are also called Halloween fireballs. Since 2P/Encke is such a short period comet, the meteors have the slowest impact speed of the annual well-known meteor showers.

Hello Interested Folks @Diego @Dan S @Zsolt @Glenn W @nithish468 @B.K. @Sam Selim @Krinesh @Giacomo @Gautam Banka @ChrisW @Andrew John Melvill @Aser This is a remote drive. You will need to bring some extra fuel compared to a normal drive. 40km (adnoc to meeting point) + 15km dirt road to the first dunes... and the same again when exiting to get to the nearest petrol station. So you will need to be able to cover roughly 100km before considering your fuel consumption IN THE SAND, hopefully we will be making good pace and will cover 80-100km in the dunes. Both of these petrol options are between 30-40 km from meeting point. adnoc 975: https://maps.app.goo.gl/fuMSAgGxSE5aTgq86 enoc 1915: https://maps.app.goo.gl/dvw1oeUJMxTvGctJ7 (enoc 1915 opens at 06:00... do you have enough time to reach meeting point?) FJ Cruiser with a mega sized FULL tank might not need to bring jerry cans as 140L of petrol goes a long way, but cars with smaller fuel tanks and/or higher fuel consumption will require Jerry Can(s) of fuel. If you don't have properly secured extra fuel or a massive full tank at the meeting point, we will have to turn you back. Please keep this in mind.

No problems @Myrko hope to catch you again soon.

Hi @Ash S. Come along. It will be a nice introduction to night driving. This drive is focused on enjoying the scenery and moon watching. 🌕🌝

Thanks for the fun drives together mate, and for the 2023 DCT attempt. Was always good fun 😍👋 will miss following you into the unknown.

Congrats @MarkH Enjoy the FB level drives! see you in the sand some time soon.

Its another day full of good news! Glad to see you promoted to IM level @Jose Luis Campos 👏

Congrats @M.Seidam 👏 One day we will do a day-time drive together.. but I'm always inspired by your awesome night drives and adventures! It was a long time ago but I will never forget your kindness when recovering me one night as a newbie on my first night drive when I was almost in tears and 100% sure i would never off-road again after becoming very very stuck 😎 Very inspirational

Well deserved @Asif Hussain You have definitely encouraged me a lot to explore and enjoy off-roading!