tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464026926660519697.post4730198399393288436..comments2023-10-30T15:23:32.706+00:00Comments on Celebrating Science: "What if...?" -TWO WRITING WORKSHOPS (Part 2)Linda Gillardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747108591927491742noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464026926660519697.post-30070241417013566672011-07-29T23:51:09.802+01:002011-07-29T23:51:09.802+01:00I had a similar experience earlier this year, on a...I had a similar experience earlier this year, on a trip to Alaska, though in reverse. Having studied the aurora of Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus from above for more than ten years, I stood beneath them for the first time, looking up. The air was so cold, it caught in my throat, iced up my beard, but the delicate slowly drifting green lights moved above us from the horizon till they filled the sky. <br /><br />To even 'see' the aurora of another planet, you have to sit atop a mountain, so there to, with thin air, you find your breath taken away, watching as the southern lights of another planet drift into and out of view.Tom Stallardhttp://www.tomstallard.com/worknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464026926660519697.post-19622025900617685282011-07-29T17:36:44.556+01:002011-07-29T17:36:44.556+01:00Interesting, and as always, thought-provoking. Tha...Interesting, and as always, thought-provoking. Thanks Linda.<br /><br />AngiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464026926660519697.post-36801272506083732792011-07-29T17:00:38.152+01:002011-07-29T17:00:38.152+01:00When I read the section in Star Gazing where Keir ...When I read the section in Star Gazing where Keir sends Marianne the audio recording on the Northern Lights, it reminds me of the first time I heard the whistlers at Saturn, detected by the Cassini spacecraft. I was at the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), and was listening along with hundreds of other scientists, all holding our breath waiting for the next spooky space sound to sweep us away to another world - It was amazing! http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/sounds/Paula Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041949933555319347noreply@blogger.com