Every now and then, due largely to the action of the seas on the surface of the earth, an extra second has to be slipped into the calendar because the earth’s rotation is being hindered by the friction. The days ARE getting longer. The latest one happened at 23:59:60 UTC on 30th June (09:29:60 CST July 1). One second later it was 00:00 (09:30:00 CST July 1).
The first leap second was in 1972 and the most recent in 2008.
So to see if we could feel it or see it I organised something of a flash mob event, Probably the World’s Shortest Event – 09:29:60 for the local Geocaching community.
And it was not a bad turnout for 9:30 am on a Sunday Morning with around 75 people turning up. This event was the first of a challenge today to get 10 different cache types culminating in a CITO Event, 10/10.
My personal tally was only 7 different types:
Traditional Cache – Life of the Beach – SLSSA Headquarters
Multi-Cache – Frequent Flier Mach Two
Mystery Cache – Nearly Gone
Wherigo Cache – Beware Drop Bears!!
Event Cache – Probably the World’s Shortest Event – 09:29:60
Cache In Trash Out Event – 10/10
Webcam Cache – Sailing the Web
To finish up the day, we had the family around for afternoon tea to celebrate Rachael’s 15th birthday (where did those years go)
