An avid amateur astronomer struggled aboard a Townsville to Magnetic Island ferry with a large , boxed telescope .She had enthusiastically watched the ABC's wonderful Stargazing Live presented by Professor Brian Cox and Julia Zemiro which had inspired the nation's citizen scientists to set a Guinness World Record, discover two new supernovae and extend the age of the universe.
By Peter Simon
Other stargazer friends, she said , had recently alerted her to a magnificent meteorite shower heading towards the island . Her husband was waiting at the ferry terminal on the island to come aboard and carry off the new telescope .
During the ABC show , I went outside with binoculars and studied the Moon.Then , last night, unable to sleep , armed with a powerful new camera , a birthday present from my starlets , I tottered out at 3am and took shots of the Moon , one at the top of this post, which appears to show that it has been colonised by humanoids. Gazing up in awe , memories of my exclusive trip to the Moon in an office car came flooding back.
While living in New Zealand , before the first lunar landing , I was invited to drive from Auckland to the Taupo region and witness a volcanic eruption on the Moon .The rare event was due to a Moon obsessed technician involved in the production of geothermal power in the North Island who believed lunar craters were mainly due to volcanic activity, not meteorite bombardment .
While living in New Zealand , before the first lunar landing , I was invited to drive from Auckland to the Taupo region and witness a volcanic eruption on the Moon .The rare event was due to a Moon obsessed technician involved in the production of geothermal power in the North Island who believed lunar craters were mainly due to volcanic activity, not meteorite bombardment .
To back up his theory , he planned to divert roaring hot steam coming out of the ground in a pipe to a small container with a glass viewing panel . The steam was supposed to create a venturi , a vacuum, which would cause aluminium powder , performing the role of magma, to be sucked up a narrow tube and fall out in a circular, volcanic eruption pattern .
Only trouble was , when he threw the lever and released the deafening steam , the chamber instantly became totally obscured to both our vision ...there was a massive storm on the Moon , you could say . It was a case of having to go back to the launch pad .
Only trouble was , when he threw the lever and released the deafening steam , the chamber instantly became totally obscured to both our vision ...there was a massive storm on the Moon , you could say . It was a case of having to go back to the launch pad .
