This is the night sky from Lake Bacalar in Buenavista, Quintana Roo, on Dec. 22, 2025. We got up at 5 to drive through the jungle to the lake to try to view the Ursid Meteor Shower which was supposed to be most active in the hours before dawn. Home at 6:45, chilly and damp from lying out on the wet wooden deck over the water to get free of the surrounding jungle. I saw 6 or 7 meteors in the more than an hour we were there. Xill thinks she saw 13. Most of the action was supposed to take place around the Little Dipper which was not viewable. This is the Big Dipper, which was still in the very dark part of the sky. The lower part of the sky was lightened…probably by the lights of Tulum 2 hours away.
Our viewing spot, in daylight.
For Cellpic Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
That is so cool!
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You guys have more ambition than I. >grin< I love views of the night sky… as long as I don’t have to see them “in person.”
Seriously, I do enjoy capturing the sky during major events, even if they happen at night.
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A rather precarious spot in the dark
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It was. We used the lights on our phones to get out there.
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