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Myself, Graham and Luther busy setting up before the public is let in.(Copyright Luther Jackson)
Just about ready!
The Chelyabinsk specimens and photos we had on display proved very popular.
Some of my UK and Irish meteorite specimens on display.
Our guess the weight of the meteorite competition proved very popular!
Some of Graham’s amazing Lunar and Martian meteorites on display.
More of Graham’s Lunars and Martians and other specimens.
A nice slice of Mundrabilla and a large chondrite Bechar 001.
Close up of Graham’s large 14.5kg Bechar 001 (Copyright Luther Jackson)
Luther’s display cabinet including amongst others a gorgeous example of Sikhote Alin.
Close up view of Luther’s cabinet.
The cast of the amazing oriented Middlesbrough meteorite is always a head turner and generates questions from visitors.
Luther has some nice Beni M’Hira specimens to go with his book and framed print.
Luther’s display table with our BIMS display board in the background.(Copyright Luther Jackson)
Graham setup and waiting for the public to arrive.
Our BIMS poster recycled from BBC Stargazing Live at Tatton Park 2013
Next to our display was a Mars diorama where people could have a go at controlling a rover over the surface of ‘Mars’ 🙂
Close up of the surface of ‘Mars’ 🙂
Myself and Graham with some of the first visitors to our display. (Copyright Luther Jackson)
We were given an excellent display area and made good use of our space to put on a good display. (Copyright University of Leicester)
There were a good mixture of visitors with children and adults alike fascinated by our display of space rocks. (Copyright Luther Jackson)
“Think of how many bags of sugar” was the most common method of guessing the weight of the Campo!!
Seeing kids faces in awe of being able to hold a real space rock is always one of the highlights of putting on displays like this.
My 275 gram slice of Allende, like a slice of the starry night sky!
My 93.5 gram specimen of the historic Barwell fall, the ‘Christmas meteorite’
Chelyabinsk was a common talking point with visitors as many had like us been mesmerised by the amazing footage and photos shown on the news.
Luther talking space rocks with visitors to our stand.
“So, how do you know these are meteorites and not just rocks found in the garden?” 😉
Will you be lucky? Someone has to win 🙂
Graham doing actions for a meteorite fall 😉
We had a steady stream of visitors throughtout the evening with over 3000 people having been confirmed through the gates.
Luther doing a fantastic job engaging with space obsessed visitors.
We had numerous groups of children from schools, cubs, scouts and brownies attend our display.
Our competitions are always a draw for visitors.
Graham explaining the Widmanstatten pattern using a superb large slice of etched Gibeon.
A group of cub scouts talking meteorites with Luther.
Graham doing a sterling job having an extended chat with this couple who spent a long time at our stand.
However often we put this display on we still get a huge buzz from interacting with the public and once we get talking we cant stop! 🙂
We were kept busy with visitors stopping by right to the end of the night.
Last minute competition entries going in in the closing minutes of the show.
Luther with a captivated audience. (Copyright University of Leicester)
A continuous stream of visitors 🙂 (Copyright University of Leicester)
Luther getting animated! 🙂 (Copyright University of Leicester)
A hands on approach 🙂 (Copyright University of Leicester)
Fascinated by the in situ Beni M’Hira photos. (Copyright University of Leicester)
Visitors enthralled by space rocks 🙂 (Copyright University of Leicester)
From young kids through to octogenarians and all in between, they were all fascinated and amazed by our display. (Copyright University of Leicester)
And this is why we do what we do, that look of amazement on children’s faces! (Copyright University of Leicester)
We get as much out of these interactions as the visitors do 🙂 (Copyright University of Leicester)
A future meteoriticist? (Copyright University of Leicester)
Guess, guess, guess 🙂 (Copyright University of Leicester)
Showing off some Chelyabinsk peas. (Copyright University of Leicester)
Harry Jethwa – the lucky competition winner 🙂 (Copyright Harry Jethwa)
