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Giant spider crawls all over 34m space antenna in Canberra
9news ^

Posted on 05/08/2021 5:34:20 AM PDT by mylife

Canberra's Deep Space Communications Complex is one of the world's most powerful means of looking into the depths of the Solar System. So it would make sense that an alien spider the size of a football field would target it in its initial invasion of planet Earth. That's not what happened, but that's what it looked like for a brief moment.

A security camera fixed on the giant antenna at Tidbinbilla had an unwelcome pedestrian atop it. A huntsman crawled over the lens, making it seem like it was dwarfing the 34-metre wide deep space antenna. "When mission scientists decided to put images from Mars on the World Wide Web, we don't think this is what they had in mind," the Canberra Deep Space Network tweeted.

The Canberra facility is part of NASA's Deep Space Network, but operated by the CSIRO


TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: arachnid; arachnids; spider; spiders

1 posted on 05/08/2021 5:34:20 AM PDT by mylife
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To: mylife

LOL, its a 1950s movie in the making?


2 posted on 05/08/2021 5:36:48 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (In politicians we get what we deserve, usually the best that money can buy, guaranteed.)
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To: mylife

I saw that movie at a drive-in back in the early 60’s. Part of a double-bill.


3 posted on 05/08/2021 5:38:00 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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4 posted on 05/08/2021 5:39:37 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

I love Clint Eastwood movies...


5 posted on 05/08/2021 5:41:47 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: mylife

Better call the ‘Men In Black’! They may be prepping for their big brothers from space to arrive.


6 posted on 05/08/2021 5:42:52 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see... )
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7 posted on 05/08/2021 6:12:48 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: mylife

My son, who works at NASA talks to the Deep Space Network people frequently. He stifles the urge to say G’day Mate every time


8 posted on 05/08/2021 6:14:40 AM PDT by cyclotic (Live your life in such a way that they hate you as much as they hated Rush Limbaugh)
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To: DoodleBob

Kent Brockman is hilarious!


9 posted on 05/08/2021 6:15:51 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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I’d have a hard time not laffing at Tidbinbilla


10 posted on 05/08/2021 6:17:29 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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It’s a huntsman spider - huge critters, almost dinner plate size.


11 posted on 05/08/2021 6:52:47 AM PDT by SkyDancer (If At First You Don't Succeed ~ So Much For Skydiving)
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