[Leica] Touch the Moon

[Bernard Quinn]

Wow! Touching a moon rock would be soooo cool!

Barney


Barney Quinn, WK3Z
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> On Jun 13, 2020, at 1:15 AM, Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Yes, really. At the NASA visitor center, they have an exhibit of moon rocks brought back by the Apollo missions. One of them is epoxied into a clear plastic container with a slot for visitor's hands, so we can touch the rock. So I did. This was during our visit to Texas in late February, just before the pandemic hit the U.S. and the lockdown was imposed.
> 
> Anyway, I did the best I could with the plastic barriers.  Quite a thrill to actually touch a piece of the moon.
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/49999863973/in/dateposted-public/>
> 
> For the geologically inclined, here are several more moon rocks. The first one looks like very old meat loaf in cross-section...
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/50000637892/in/dateposted-public/>
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/50000380346/in/dateposted-public/>
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563@N04/49999863963/in/dateposted-public/>
> 
> Olympus E-M5 and Panasonic 20/1.7.  Enjoy!
> --Peter
> 
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