We recently had a lovely couple of days away in Albany, Western Australia. While there we visited the Western Australian Museum.
I found something that fits the category of FOREIGN very well! It is a piece of Mundrabilla Meteorite.
Thanks to Mr Albert John Carlyle, who received an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his efforts in finding meteorites, this piece is on public display in Albany, Western Australia.
It weighs about 3.5 tons and is aged about 4,600 million years.
Now THAT is foreign 🙂
Lorraine
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Well, it sure aint pretty, but what a perfect image – the closest thing to alien we’re likely to see in our lifetimes!
Thanks for visiting! I tend to forget that Earth is just one planet amongst the galaxies 🙂
“forget that Earth is just one planet amongst the galaxies” … now that’s foreign 🙂
You got a nice entry and foreign indeed. As much as I want to join this weeks challenge but I couldn’t think and find subject that fit the foreign theme. 😦
I know what you mean. I wasn’t going to contribute to this topic but then I found the meteorite 🙂
Great take on the theme. I sat this one out, thinking that I didn’t have any “foreign” photos . . . didn’t even think about my recent shot of a 4.5 billion year old meteorite:
http://nrhatch.wordpress.com/2012/10/07/from-meteorites-to-manatees-to-moonlit-marina/
Fascinating. 😉
Hi Elizabeth, thanks for your thoughts on my posts. I hope life is getting back to normal for you again now. Warm regards!