The Planetary Society Blog
By Emily Lakdawalla
Happy Halloween!
Oct. 31, 2009 | 18:08 PDT | Nov. 1 01:08 UTC
Enjoy tonight's nearly-full Moon! I couldn't resist posting these snapshots that Alice Wessen took of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's costume contest. There were many costumes that were not on space themes, but I had to feature some of the marvelously geeky space costumes here! Halloween at the Jet Propulsion LaboratoryNot everyone at JPL dresses in space-themed costumes, but here were some of them: from left to right, the solar system, Orion (Sirius is in her left hand), a nebula, and the Ghost of Galileo (the spacecraft, that is). Credit: Alice Wessen |
Alert Society members may recognize Orion as Rachel (Zimmerman) Brachman, who used to work at the Society and who now has a great gig at JPL! Alice wrote on her facebook page that as the "solar system" lady walked off stage, a small planet fell off her costume, and everyone shouted "Pluto!!"
But none of the space costumes won the contest. The winner was, naturally, a dancing gorilla.Halloween at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory...but the Dancing Gorilla won the costume contest. Credit: Alice Wessen |
Happy Halloween!Halloween at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
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