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The view from outside our marquee before the beginning of the solar eclipse.
Our meteorite display a few minutes before the doors opened.
My UK meteorite collection and some impactites.
As with the last few displays we have done, Chelyabinsk specimens were always of interest to visitors.
Specimens from Luther’s collection housed in some rather nice vintage wooden cabinets.
Our meteorite information sheets were given out to many many visitors.
Some of Graham’s collection including some hugely impressive Lunar and Martian specimens.
A nice backlit slice of Esquel on Graham’s table.
A special guest at the event was ESA astronaut Paulo Nespoli.
A model of the Solar Orbiter, an ESA mission in collaboration with NASA.
A mock up of the Martian surface with controllable Mars rovers set up by the University of Leicester.
The first visitors starting coming in just after we finished setting up our display.
The daytime session was filled with school groups who amazed us with their knowledge.
We were kept very busy all day 🙂
If you get to hold a piece of the Moon or Mars then you must get a photo of it!
The Martian surface recreated in a marquee at Leicester Racecourse.
Visiting school groups were greeted by an astronaut 😉
We enjoyed clear skies in Leicester and visitors enjoyed the stunning sight of an amazing partial solar eclipse.
What an amazing sight!
Graham observing the Moon crossing the Sun whilst holding a piece of the Moon 🙂
The BBC had printed guides available for visitors to learn about the eclipse.
The partial solar eclipse as seen from outside our marquee.
Even the youngest visitors got to touch the meteorites 🙂
That smile say’s it all! 🙂
Open mouthed in awe and wonder 🙂
School children of all different ages were fascinated by our display.
Form an orderly queue 🙂
Whose turn is it next…………
Hands up who wants to hold a piece of Mars?
A piece of the once molten core of a large asteroid, Wow!
This lady was a geologist and so had plenty of questions to test our knowledge.
Luther’s son Max was helping us out for the day but here he is taking a break watching ‘Fireman Sam’ 🙂
Luther doing his thing showing off some Chelyabinsk ‘Binsk berries’
The venue was split into different zones with different activities happening in each area.
The ‘Launch Pad’, our home for the day.
The surface of Mars, only a few feet away from our display.
Luther and Max with the Solar Orbiter model.
Max having a go at controlling a Mars rover 🙂
Our re-arranged display ready for the evening session.
Fancy having a go at controlling a Mars rover?
Working Mars rover model.
Working Mars rover model with piece of Mars on top 🙂
Graham, a chunk of Mars and the Exo Mars rover 🙂 The ExoMars rover has been designed and built in the UK and is due to be launched in 2018.
Leicester Racecourse proved to be an excellent venue.
The stage during the afternoon break, only an hour after this was absolutely packed.
Graham with a genuine astronaut space suit.
An astronaut’s space suit holding a piece of the Moon.
Space suit and space rock! 🙂
Graham with a captivated audience.
One of our visitors holding a stone and an iron meteorite in each hand.
Visitors enjoying the University of Leicester stand with some Mars rovers to play with.
Max having a break from meteorites – Copyright – Luther Jackson
We were very impressed with the organisation of the event by the BBC. Considering the number of visitors it went very smoothly indeed.
Getting hands on is always best to show off particular aspects of meteorites (Photo courtesy of BBC Stargazing Live)
A few of our specimens on our display tables (Photo courtesy of BBC Stargazing Live)
Graham and myself in full flow (Photo courtesy of BBC Stargazing Live)
