‘You thirteen second wonder’
Portsmouth: February 15th
Awake early
this time
no time
to ponder dreams
distracted by radio
news of large meteorite fall in Russia
up
our TV screen comes to life
contrails
flashes of intense light
What fascinates me are the films of the shadows moving across roads and junctions. – i am attracted to the pattern the repetition of many view points – filmed on dash board cameras designed for insurance claims – irony – leaving questions – so many questions – why the twin contrail when you look closely?
fallen
transitory
ephemeral
fleeting
Correlation: This and the impending passing of 2012 Da14 tonight remind me of Cheltenham science festival in 2011 where I first met Simon Baron Cohen. We shared the stage for ‘the autistic mind’ and after giving my talk I had stayed the night as it was to late to return home. This was the talk that started ‘Systemizing Konfirmation’ – and a few months later I found myself on the train to Cambridge.
unexpected
out of the blue
So the next day before the train home i visited some of the other talks.The one that grabbed me was on Earth impacts – something as a geologist I have always been interested in – obsession – the earths time line and the story of life itself is governed ‘from above’ with a frequency that if common knowledge would make us all realise how vulnerable we are – fragile -we think we are so clever but to stop this?
this is natural
this is part of the universal cycle
13 seconds of wonder
Today’s was small compared to whats out there – maybe 10 – 15 meter across before entry – bus sized – the object hurtling into the earths atmosphere 20km per second – turning – burning away – then due to the pressure differences front and back exploding with a megaton of energy – the supersonic boom catching many unaware minutes later – 2014 Da14 is a ‘swimming pool sized city killer.
How come the most beautiful are most deadly
All chant
a-blay-sh-n a-blay-sh-n a-blay-sh-n
a-blay-sh-n a-blay-sh-n
a-blay-sh-n
will save us
