Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow! Touching a moon rock would be soooo cool! Barney Barney Quinn, WK3Z 301-775-1386 > 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 at > 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 at > N04/50000637892/in/dateposted-public/> > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/50000380346/in/dateposted-public/> > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/49999863963/in/dateposted-public/> > > Olympus E-M5 and Panasonic 20/1.7. Enjoy! > --Peter > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information