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Even to astronomers, Mercury is a cosmic oddity. It spins so slowly and scoots around the sun so fast that a Mercury year--just 88 Earth days--is half as long as a Mercury day. On the planet's illuminated side--where the sun looks three times as big as...
Constructing transmission towers has clearly not been a priority around here. I should not be surprised—after all, this is the West Coast, one of the most rugged and remote places in New Zealand. A land of rainforests, rivers and glaciers between the Tasman Sea and the spine...
So here I was, all by myself on a deserted West Coast highway, driving further into the darkness. The road turned right, and all of a sudden, it assumed a steep ascent. Climbing deeper into the mountains would definitely not help my reception. I pulled aside and decided to go...
Yet this moment did not just flash by. Gazing into the darkness, I felt enveloped in nature’s immense power and my presence vanished in its embrace. It was silly even at the time, but I could not help but imagine the consequences of my car breaking down...
Then at once the road reappeared. Beep…beep! My phone lit up. It has found a faint signal—just one bar, but enough to call home. As I parked to talk with my mum, I kept the engine running and left the headlights on. I told...