An Ordinary Falling Star

At midnight on the twelfth of August, a huge mass of luminous gas erupted from Mars and sped towards Earth. Across two hundred million miles of void, invisibly hurtling towards us were the first of the missiles that were to bring so much calamity to Earth. As I watched, there was another jet of gas. It was another missile starting on its way.


An evening out to try and spot some of the Perseids, but sadly foiled by cloud cover. We went to Mills Observatory and we'll definitely go back...looks like a really great place and Balgay Park surely would be a lot more interesting in the daylight!!