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Asteroid Impact!
Asteroid Threat to Earth – Impact Point
With news that an asteroid as big as the Statue of Liberty could hit Earth on or around the 9th of September this year, we are reminded of how fragile our existence on planet Earth and all life upon it is as we travel around the Milky Way Galaxy.
An asteroid called 2006QV89 will come perilously close to our planet and could even smash into us. At 40 metres wide, the object is not big enough to cause too much damage however as It’s only about twice as large as the 20 metres object which exploded in the skies over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in 2013.
Having said that, The ‘airburst’ caused by this detonating meteorite left about 400 people injured, with most wounds caused by shards of flying glass from windows smashed by the shockwave. The energy from the resulting explosion exceeded 470 kilotons of TNT.
If 2006QV89 exploded over a major city like London or New York, the damage could be much greater, but still only minor in comparison to what an Earth impacting meteorite could do!
Thankfully Nasa calculations reveal it has a 99.988% probability of missing Earth.
The threat from Earth impacting asteroids and comets will unfortunately never recede, you only have to be a dinosaur to know that! In more recent times we can consider the huge air burst that occurred over Siberia in 1908 - the Tunguska Event - levelling trees in the remote forest for miles around.
If that event occurred now over a major city, the effects would be cataclysmic.
Check out the incredible, ‘Daylight fireball’ footage taken in 1972 of an Earth-grazing meteorite that passed just 35 miles above the Earth before skimming the atmosphere and continuing its journey through the solar system - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vBu-yUz...
Such events can happen without warning, despite NASA and Earth’s scientists trying to track these things. A sobering thought however is that the number of scientists worldwide hunting for these things is about the amount of people who work at a McDonalds restaurant!
For Anyone who enjoys a good science fiction mystery thriller on this very theme and who is interested in learning more about this worrying threat, can jump in to my exciting thriller, Impact Point, available on kindle at all Amazon stores. Alternatively, please visit the author’s website for further information and similar books.
https://www.amazon.com/Impact-Point-G...
With news that an asteroid as big as the Statue of Liberty could hit Earth on or around the 9th of September this year, we are reminded of how fragile our existence on planet Earth and all life upon it is as we travel around the Milky Way Galaxy.
An asteroid called 2006QV89 will come perilously close to our planet and could even smash into us. At 40 metres wide, the object is not big enough to cause too much damage however as It’s only about twice as large as the 20 metres object which exploded in the skies over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk in 2013.
Having said that, The ‘airburst’ caused by this detonating meteorite left about 400 people injured, with most wounds caused by shards of flying glass from windows smashed by the shockwave. The energy from the resulting explosion exceeded 470 kilotons of TNT.
If 2006QV89 exploded over a major city like London or New York, the damage could be much greater, but still only minor in comparison to what an Earth impacting meteorite could do!
Thankfully Nasa calculations reveal it has a 99.988% probability of missing Earth.
The threat from Earth impacting asteroids and comets will unfortunately never recede, you only have to be a dinosaur to know that! In more recent times we can consider the huge air burst that occurred over Siberia in 1908 - the Tunguska Event - levelling trees in the remote forest for miles around.
If that event occurred now over a major city, the effects would be cataclysmic.
Check out the incredible, ‘Daylight fireball’ footage taken in 1972 of an Earth-grazing meteorite that passed just 35 miles above the Earth before skimming the atmosphere and continuing its journey through the solar system - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vBu-yUz...
Such events can happen without warning, despite NASA and Earth’s scientists trying to track these things. A sobering thought however is that the number of scientists worldwide hunting for these things is about the amount of people who work at a McDonalds restaurant!
For Anyone who enjoys a good science fiction mystery thriller on this very theme and who is interested in learning more about this worrying threat, can jump in to my exciting thriller, Impact Point, available on kindle at all Amazon stores. Alternatively, please visit the author’s website for further information and similar books.
https://www.amazon.com/Impact-Point-G...
Crypto - Spire 5
CryptoCryptoCrypto - Spire 5, is now available pre-order for only $2.99 - out January 25th 2020.
Malacca Strait, 1947: A Dutch Merchant Vessel Mysteriously Sinks…
Wales, U.K, 2019: A Message in a Bottle Washes Ashore…
Nassau, Bahamas: A Potentially Lethal Discovery Awaits…
Malacca Strait, 1947...
A sinister Morse code message, purportedly from a Dutch Merchant Vessel, the S.S. Ourang Medan, sailing somewhere near the Marshall Islands, is intercepted. The message is chilling; All officers including the captain are dead - lying in chartroom and bridge - Possibly whole crew are dead - I die. Nothing further is ever heard…
Wales, U.K, 2019...
GLENCOM agent and former environmental lawyer, Robert Spire, is heading across the damp, cold, sand of his local beach, having just visited the grave of his dead wife. As he reminisces and looks out into the surf, a spec of sunlight glinting off an object catches his eye. The object turns out to be a bottle, and he wades into the surf to retrieve it. Inside Spire discovers an old, rolled up parchment, a genuine fifty-year old message in a bottle…
Nassau, Bahamas...
Dubious cryptocurrency billionaire, Emilio Drax is overseeing a salvage operation, on his own sunken vessel, The Ocean Odyssey. After returning from the Malacca Strait, the ship mysteriously disappears under the blue Caribbean Sea, coming to rest on a reef just offshore of New Providence. There is no apparent explanation for the sinking, and the islanders talk of the ship’s cargo being cursed…
Time is Ticking…to a Global Disaster.
The Odyssey is lying in shallow waters, the nesting home of the island’s endangered Greenback Turtle. To monitor the situation, GLENCOM send Spire to the Bahamas to investigate. Spire takes a scuba dive down to inspect the sunken vessel, where he makes a startling discovery.
As the ramifications of the discovery become understood, Spire is tasked to stop Drax, no matter what the cost…
CRYPTO is a fast-paced, unputdownable sci-fi action thriller, with a financial / heist theme that will keep you turning the pages until the very end. If you like James Rollins, Brett Battles, Clive Cussler, and the action and adventure of a James Bond movie then you will love the entire Robert Spire Action Thriller series.
Download your pre-order copy of CRYPTO today!
Praise for Tipping Point (Spire 1)
"Simon Rosser's scientific and psychological thriller "Tipping Point" is one of the best I have read in the past decade. He has a gift for fluent narrative, realistic characterization and for creating settings that come vividly to life for the reader. He blends tension and suspense very successfully against the contemporary background of global warming and its sinister implications.
--Author, TV presenter and Priest Lionel Fanthorpe -
Spire Action Thriller Series;
Tipping Point
Impact Point
Melt Zone
Cataclysm of the Ancients
And now, Spire 5, Crypto - out 25th January 2020.
Malacca Strait, 1947: A Dutch Merchant Vessel Mysteriously Sinks…
Wales, U.K, 2019: A Message in a Bottle Washes Ashore…
Nassau, Bahamas: A Potentially Lethal Discovery Awaits…
Malacca Strait, 1947...
A sinister Morse code message, purportedly from a Dutch Merchant Vessel, the S.S. Ourang Medan, sailing somewhere near the Marshall Islands, is intercepted. The message is chilling; All officers including the captain are dead - lying in chartroom and bridge - Possibly whole crew are dead - I die. Nothing further is ever heard…
Wales, U.K, 2019...
GLENCOM agent and former environmental lawyer, Robert Spire, is heading across the damp, cold, sand of his local beach, having just visited the grave of his dead wife. As he reminisces and looks out into the surf, a spec of sunlight glinting off an object catches his eye. The object turns out to be a bottle, and he wades into the surf to retrieve it. Inside Spire discovers an old, rolled up parchment, a genuine fifty-year old message in a bottle…
Nassau, Bahamas...
Dubious cryptocurrency billionaire, Emilio Drax is overseeing a salvage operation, on his own sunken vessel, The Ocean Odyssey. After returning from the Malacca Strait, the ship mysteriously disappears under the blue Caribbean Sea, coming to rest on a reef just offshore of New Providence. There is no apparent explanation for the sinking, and the islanders talk of the ship’s cargo being cursed…
Time is Ticking…to a Global Disaster.
The Odyssey is lying in shallow waters, the nesting home of the island’s endangered Greenback Turtle. To monitor the situation, GLENCOM send Spire to the Bahamas to investigate. Spire takes a scuba dive down to inspect the sunken vessel, where he makes a startling discovery.
As the ramifications of the discovery become understood, Spire is tasked to stop Drax, no matter what the cost…
CRYPTO is a fast-paced, unputdownable sci-fi action thriller, with a financial / heist theme that will keep you turning the pages until the very end. If you like James Rollins, Brett Battles, Clive Cussler, and the action and adventure of a James Bond movie then you will love the entire Robert Spire Action Thriller series.
Download your pre-order copy of CRYPTO today!
Praise for Tipping Point (Spire 1)
"Simon Rosser's scientific and psychological thriller "Tipping Point" is one of the best I have read in the past decade. He has a gift for fluent narrative, realistic characterization and for creating settings that come vividly to life for the reader. He blends tension and suspense very successfully against the contemporary background of global warming and its sinister implications.
--Author, TV presenter and Priest Lionel Fanthorpe -
Spire Action Thriller Series;
Tipping Point
Impact Point
Melt Zone
Cataclysm of the Ancients
And now, Spire 5, Crypto - out 25th January 2020.
