This event takes place only hours ahead of the close approach to Earth of asteroid 2012 DA14, a considerably larger body which will pass about 17,000km over the Earth at around 5pm GMT today. There is no known connection between the two events, with the meteors coming from different directions.
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Showing posts with label asteroids. Show all posts
Friday, 15 February 2013
Meteor Friday
Today is turning out to be a bit of a bonanza for asteroid-watchers. Early this morning a substantial meteor shower took place over the Urals in Russia, with one meteor coming quite low before exploding. The resulting airburst shattered windows in various towns and cities (most notably Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk, 900 miles east of Moscow), injuring approximately 400 people.
This event takes place only hours ahead of the close approach to Earth of asteroid 2012 DA14, a considerably larger body which will pass about 17,000km over the Earth at around 5pm GMT today. There is no known connection between the two events, with the meteors coming from different directions.
This event takes place only hours ahead of the close approach to Earth of asteroid 2012 DA14, a considerably larger body which will pass about 17,000km over the Earth at around 5pm GMT today. There is no known connection between the two events, with the meteors coming from different directions.
Thursday, 2 July 2009
So, they're making a movie based on ASTEROIDS
Is this what Hollywood has now been reduced to? Making movies about a small triangle (likely to be played by Shia LaBoeuf) shooting large rocks (likely to be played by Dwayne Johnson) into little rocks (Warwick Davis?) whilst a random spaceship (Scarlett Johansson?) flies past letting off the odd pot-shot.
I always felt the narrative was compelling enough to survive the transition to cinematic form.
There. Is. No. Story! Why would you have a 'four-studio bidding war' over this? Why? WHY?
Where will the insanity end? No, wait, we've already been there. But expect to see Uwe Boll's Paperboy, Quentin Tarantino's Pac-Man and Pixar's Frogger on their way in the near future.
I always felt the narrative was compelling enough to survive the transition to cinematic form.There. Is. No. Story! Why would you have a 'four-studio bidding war' over this? Why? WHY?
Where will the insanity end? No, wait, we've already been there. But expect to see Uwe Boll's Paperboy, Quentin Tarantino's Pac-Man and Pixar's Frogger on their way in the near future.
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