ANNETJIE JOUBERT, FONTEINPLAAS, GAMKASKLOOF (DIE HEL), WESTERN CAPE
ASTEROID, (FROM "DIE HEMELBLOM" BY JAN RABIE, 1971), PUNTJIE, WESTERN CAPE
ALOE, GAMKASKLOOF, WESTERN CAPE
'We radiate blood with neutrons because astronauts beyond our orbit are also exposed to neutrons. They are exposed to a very low dose for a very long term.'
Charlotte Vandervoorde, Researcher, IThemba LABS, Cape Town. The microscope is used to analyze radiation-induced DNA damage in cells. The microscope is scanning slides with irradiated cells to identify the breaks in the chromosomes which can result in mutations or cell death.
AUTOMATED METASYSTEMS MICROSCOPE, ITHEMBA LABS, CAPE TOWN
'We radiate blood with neutrons because astronauts beyond our orbit are also exposed to neutrons. They are exposed to a very low dose for a very long term.'
Charlotte Vandervoorde, Researcher, IThemba LABS, Cape Town. The microscope is used to analyze radiation-induced DNA damage in cells. The microscope is scanning slides with irradiated cells to identify the breaks in the chromosomes which can result in mutations or cell death.
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ANNA VAN WYK, SUTHERLAND, NORTHERN CAPE
”Sarie, loving, loving child. Listen. I am what you can become, and you are what I want to become.” - Eva Stellaris to Sarie, Swart ster oor die Karoo by Jan Rabie, 1957. Translated from Afrikaans to English.
Photograph inspired by ‘Swart ster oor die Karoo’ (Black star over the Karoo) by Jan Rabie, 1957
AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS, STERKFONTEIN CAVES, THE CRADLE OF HUMANKIND, GAUTENG
Deep in the Sterkfontein caves some of the remains of our early ancestors have been kept safe from the elements on the surface.
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ANNA SKIPPERS # 2 SUTHERLAND, NORTHERN CAPE
‘That was the most beautiful to me, when there is a shooting star, I always believed you could make wish - for good luck. Then I asked some questions and they answered, ‘o, no - when there is a shooting star, it means it is dead and it is going to fall’ and there where it falls, everything must just pray and ask ‘God don’t let it fall on a house, don’t let it fall on a person’ - because it can burn and kill, and you don’t know if it has fire inside, you don’t know if it has hail inside or even iron inside.’
Anna Skippers, Kamammas Community centre coordinator, Sutherland, Northern Cape.
Anna lives in Sutherland, close to the largest optical telescope in the Southern Hemisphere.
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ANNA SKIPPERS, SUTHERLAND, NORTHERN CAPE
Anna lives in Sutherland, close to the largest single optical telescope in the Southern Hemisphere.
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ABIE MAKOK, CHURCH WARDER, CARNARVON, NORTHERN CAPE
'We are leaving a memory - an inheritance through the SKA. We are staying positive because a change is coming into the land - so that many people can see. We heard about changes in Sutherland, and now it is happening here as well. Many are negative but they perhaps do not know what is really happening. For our children this will help them, to go into a direction to study, at the University. They spoke about this at the meeting, going in this direction for the youth. For the future I'd love for the children to learn, and not struggle with work, to get a bursary and to study further.'
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ASTROGRAPHIC TELESCOPE BUILDING 1890, SAAO, OBSERVATORY, CAPE TOWN
‘Of course I hope with peoples interest we could take tours to see it properly - we have some ideas in the future to have a kind of heritage trail around the place. A lot of interesting scientific discoveries were made there - the discovery of oxygen in stars for example. At the moment there is a more modern telescope mounted on the mount, but that is not used - I would like to put the old telescope back there and restore it to the original. It should be possible. It was moved about 20 years ago but it is still in the dome actually. Of course it is heavy - we’ll need some proper tackle and things to mount it.’
Ian Glass, Professor of astronomy
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ANNA SKIPPERS # 3, SUTHERLAND, NORTHERN CAPE
'That was the most beautiful to me, when there is a shooting star, I always believed you could make wish - for good luck. Then I asked some questions and they answered; 'Oh, no, when there is a shooting star, it means it is dead and it is going to fall' and there where it falls, everything must just pray and ask 'God don't let it fall on a house, don't let it fall on a person' - because it can burn and kill, and you don't know if it has fire inside, you don't know if it has hail inside or even iron inside.'
Anna Skippers, Kamammas Community Centre Coordinator, Sutherland, Northern Cape
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ANNA SKIPPERS # 1 SUTHERLAND, NORTHERN CAPE
‘That was the most beautiful to me, when there is a shooting star, I always believed you could make wish - for good luck. Then I asked some questions and they answered, ‘o, no - when there is a shooting star, it means it is dead and it is going to fall’ and there where it falls, everything must just pray and ask ‘God don’t let it fall on a house, don’t let it fall on a person’ - because it can burn and kill, and you don’t know if it has fire inside, you don’t know if it has hail inside or even iron inside.’
Anna Skippers, Kamammas Community centre coordinator, Sutherland, Northern Cape.
Anna lives in Sutherland, close to the largest single optical telescope in the Southern Hemisphere.
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