Both these days I spent prospecting and topping up my materials.

It's really nice to get out in the SRV for a bit after all the travelling.

Drooteou RA-U d4-109 8 a a in particular is both a good place for a view of its nearby landable parent moon, but also a good place to find Polonium, as it is volcanically active.

It took both these days to fly the 60 jumps to Shadow Earth.

From there it was only 2 jumps to the WP11 meetup system, Luna's Shadow on 3 a at -68.4811/64.2183.

I think this is the earliest I've been to arrive at a meetup site so far on this expedition.

I've now got the opportunity to fill some of my material bins, or enter some EDSM distances to locate some old Flight Log entries, or fly my alt account, or ... !!! It's the Easter weekend too. A bit more free time than usual...

Tonight I flew to Hula Hoop where the class IV gas giant body 1 is only 30Ls from the entry star.

This ring system is notable for how narrow it is: 6,030km. It's also quite a dusty ring and is very good for a photo opportunity:

I was now 78 jumps and 3,700Ly from the next POI, Shadow Earth. I called it a night with 60 jumps still to go.

Day 89 I didn't fly at all - I went to the pub instead!

Day 90 I logged on and any decision regarding driving my SRV into the crater had been made for me - it was pitch black, and driving the SRV in the dark is no fun at all.

I took off and turned towards Aristo. I landed at the notional 'rest stop' on the surface on ABC 6 (-48.126/128.380), but there was nobody there.

Most of day 91 was spent flying to Kalipheron and the 'rest stop' at Geological 12 on 3 a. The site is Ammonia Ice Geysers. The needle crystals have Antimony, which I'm a little low on, so that was good.

After a meal break, I logged back on and found Cmdr Junagu had arrived.

We talked and drove our SRVs around for a while, then he had to go AFK and I decided to leave for the Misty Mountains of Byeia Free. Sadly, there doesn't appear to be any sign of a mist. The view of the gas giant and rings is still spectacular!

I left the Phoenix Nebula behind and headed for Poseidon's Fury.

58 jumps later, I arrived.

As described in the EDSM entry, the rings of planet B 10 are quite impressive.

I'd love to be able to drive the SRV down into the crater, but it's too late tonight (tired), and in any case I really have to fly on to keep up with the fleet.

About 800Ly from the Phoenix Nebula I felt sure there was a face looking back at me!

A few more jumps and I arrived.

Not a lot to look at here.

I got more than half-way towards the Phoenix Nebula tonight. Early on I noticed I was flying towards a nebula and thought I'd be flying past it. It turns out that it is my intended destination, visible from more than 4000Ly away.

It's not worth a photo, being just a small red blob.

I logged on, as expected, to a deserted meetup site. I took the time to take a few extra photos. The parent body 2 d was low on the horizon.

The Morphenniel Nebula was huge overhead - I needed a portrait orientation to fit it in.

The nearby Bark Mounds had been stripped of any materials. All that was left to do was plan the next stage of my journey. It's a big two weeks of travelling to the next waypoint. I'll be heading to the Phoenix Nebula first, then Poseidon's Fury, and then Aristo. That should keep me occupied for the next few days.

First stop was the Magnus Nebula. This nebula snuck up on me - I was expecting something smaller and when I was still a couple of jumps away I didn't realise I was already in it! The best place to get a picture of it is at least 50Ly away. The picture below is at about 100Ly.

The next POI was Infinite Bonds, a pair of co-orbiting Earth-Like worlds.

The next challenge was to get to Neighbouring Necklaces. The permit restricted sectors Bleia3 and Bleia5 were blocking the direct path, so I started off finding a point 'south' of them (towards the galactic core) as an in-between point to aim for, then a second, before the route plotter would find a path. I got there eventually.

I was a bit careless landing and knocked over 50% off my shields - that's what they're there for!

Second last POI before WP10 was the Eos Nebula.

Somewhere on the way I passed 1,000,000Ly travelled in the game.

In that system I found a Luteolum Lagrange Storm Cloud with Solid Mineral Spheres and Rubeum Metallic Crystals.

It's been a few days since my last untagged ELW, but I found one! This one was co-orbiting with a High Metal Content world.

I finally arrived at WP10, the Morphenniel Nebula, and I finally found some other Cmdrs to talk to!

I don't think I've seen anyone since WP3. I also got my first customer for a hull repair limpet. Congratulations to Cmdr Green Arkleseizure for being my first (and hopefully happy) customer.

Day 82 was a very short play session, just a few jumps really.

Day 83 I arrived at The Briar Patch Nebula. It's just a single neutron star, so not too exciting for a photo, so I poked around nearby system for something better. I eventually ended up at some Sulphur Dioxide Fumaroles at Geological 3 on Hypuae Briae CQ-X d1-1263 A 2.

Next stop was The Zinnia Haze.

Last thing for the evening was the leg out to the Hydrangea Nebula.

It's one of the pretty red/green nebulas.