A small rock in the Atlantic: 05/10/2008

35th Isla Bonita Car Rally

Rally car: Pentax K10D, 1/20th, f16 and ISO 100

The annual car rally is today, with 59 cars going along the route three times. This is quite a big event in the national rally calendar, because racing along La Palma's twisty roads is not at all like racing round a track. Today's route goes through the Breñas and Mazo.

The road will be shut at 11:10, 14:14, and 18:10. It opens again when all the cars have gone past. It's fast, exciting and noisy.

And if you want to know how I got the background blurred and the car sharp(ish), see my article on panning.

Labels: Isla Bonita Car Rally, La Palma, La Plama, panning

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Asteroid strike

A small asteroid, some 3 metres in diameter, came screaming in at 12 km /s (27,000 mph) and exploded over northern Sudan at 2:45 am on Tuesday October 7th. They don't think any of the bits would have been big enough to hit the ground. This is the first time an asteroid has been spotted and tracked before impact.

And the reason it's on this blog is that the William Herschel Telescope got a spectrum of the fireball as it zipped over the CanaryIslands.

Cool!

Labels: asteroid, astronomy, La Palma, La Plama, observatory, Roque de los Muchachos, William Herschel Telescope

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Ruido Fiesta 7

Casiano Melian

Friday night was the fiesta for issue 7 of Fanzine Ruido, held in bar Jon y Jor, inthe same building as the Millenium cinema in Los Llanos

It was a great night out. €3 paid for entrance to the gig, a copy of the magazine, and a free beer. (I was driving, so it was the only alcohol I had all night.)

The bands were Casiano Melian and Eremiot y la Tripulación. They were great!

And finally, they had an impromptu jam session. My husband joined in on the drums, and had a great time.

Eremiot y la Tripulación