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geckzilla wrote:I proofread them sometimes but I don't always catch APODs before they're published. That, and it's not very fun to do because most of them are just fine. You never know when a mistake will appear...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Creek_%28film%29 wrote:

[b][color=#0000FF] Since Wolf Creek had a relatively low budget, many of the action scenes involved the real actors; e.g., after running through the outback when her character escapes, star Kestie Morassi ended up with hundreds of thorns and nettles in her feet.[/color][/b]

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<<Wolf Creek is a 2005 independent Australian horror film [that] revolves around three backpackers who find themselves held captive by a serial killer in the Australian outback. Wolf Creek was marketed as being "based on true events."

One particular location that was used during the shooting of the travellers' drive to Wolf Creek had not seen rainfall in over six years – however, once the crew arrived and shooting proceeded, it rained for three continuous days, forcing the writer, director and actors to incorporate the highly unexpected rainfall into the script. According to Greg McLean, the fact that it was raining and gloomy in an otherwise dry, sunny desert area gave the sequences a feel of "menace".

Two British tourists, Liz Hunter (Cassandra Magrath) and Kristy Earl (Kestie Morassi) are backpacking across the country with Ben Mitchell (Nathan Phillips), an Australian friend and contrarian. Currently in Broome, Western Australia, they constantly get drunk at wild, extravagant pool parties and sleep rough together on the beach. Ben buys a dilapidated Ford XD Falcon to facilitate their road journey from Broome to Cairns, Queensland via the Great Northern Highway.

After stopping at Halls Creek for the night, the trio make another stop at Wolf Creek National Park, which contains a giant crater formed by a 50,000-ton meteorite. Wolf Creek is set in a real location; however, the actual meteorite crater location is called "Wolfe Creek", and is located in northern Western Australia. It is the second largest meteorite crater in the world from which meteorite fragments have been recovered. Wolf Creek was filmed almost entirely in South Australia; however the aerial shots of the crater in the film show the genuine Wolfe Creek crater.

While exploring the crater, Ben and Liz kiss, after various hints from Kristy. Hours later, upon returning to their car, the group discovers their watches have all suddenly broken and the car won't start. After dark, a Crocodile Dundee-styled man named Mick Taylor (John Jarratt) comes upon them and offers to tow them to his camp to repair the car. After initial hesitation, the group allows Mick to take them to his place, an abandoned mining site several hours south of Wolf Creek. Mick regales them with tall stories of his past while making a show of fixing the car. His manner unsettles Liz and Kristy, although Ben is less concerned. While they sit around a fire, Mick gives the tourists drugged water which he describes as "rainwater from the top end". The water causes the tourists to eventually fall into unconsciousness.
The rock quarry where Mick's mining site is located was the site of a real-life murder, which stirred up controversy from the local residents who mistook the film as being based on that crime. According to director McLean and others, John Jarratt went to extremes in preparing for his role as Mick, in a bid to emulate, as close as possible, the real-life serial killer Ivan Milat: he spent significant time alone in the isolated outback and went for weeks without showering. The sign on the front gate of Mick's mining site reads "Navithalim Mining Co." Navi & thalim spelt backwards reads: Ivan Milaht, evidently referencing Ivan Milat.>>

just two astrophysicists squeezing the production of APODs every.single.day. into their very busy lives.

Anthony Barreiro wrote:* Why isn't there ever a proofreader around when you need one?

katlpablo wrote:
Isn't this coherent sequence of photographs of the recent Australian total Sun eclipse pertinent as proof of the mythical nature of the so called Nibiru system that is allegedly, actually, approaching —precisely from the southern hemisphere— our sun and inner solar system planets?

katlpablo wrote:Isn't this coherent sequence of photographs of the recent Australian total Sun eclipse pertinent as proof of the mythical nature of the so called Nibiru system that is allegedly, actually, approaching —precisely from the southern hemisphere— our sun and inner solar system planets?

flash wrote:I noticed that the sun appears to be tracing a curved path. I wonder if that is due to the use of a wide-angle lens? Or was the camera moved during totality? The path prior to totality seems somewhat straight, and after totality also somewhat straight, although less-so, so that in replacing the camera after totality the orientation was slightly different? Perhaps it is my monitor?