Star Wars 'Holy Land' Moss Espa has greatly contributed to the study of geology

One of the world's most popular science fiction movies "Star Wars"Has attracted many fans all over the world since the first release of the series in 1977, but popular among its fans as its" holy land "is the space port cityMos Espa (Moss Espa)It is the location of the location. In recent years, however, Moss Espa has not only enthusiastic Star Wars fans,Attention also among GeologistsIt is being done. What is the reason for that?

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Moss Espa, which appeared in the movie Star Wars Episode I / Phantom Menace, is a space city that exists in the desert. The pod race which youngster Anakin Skywalker (later Darth Vader) participated in the Moss Espa stadium was impressive as a big showroom of the work. Moss Espa is the oasis city of TunisiaTozeur (Tozeur)It was built in 1997, and there are 20 buildings on the site of about 1 hectare.

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The research team of Ralph Lorenz of Johns Hopkins University, Jason Burns of Idaho University, Navarre Gassimi of Sousse University, etc. visited Moss Espa in 2009 and observed the set used in Star Wars episode I did. They are the sand dunes that are taking place in the Tozeur district of TunisiaBarhanWe are doing research to investigate the moving speed of Mos Espa buildings for its research.

BySAGT

Normally you will not build a building on a sand dune. That is due to the speed of sand movement which is their research theme itself.Prevailing windIt is because it is an environment not suitable for living a building by building too strong sand. For these reasons, the birthplace of Anakin built in the sand dunes is extremely valuable as a fixed object (marker) to be used as a standard for observing the transition of dunes and Barhan in it, researchers That's why we are paying attention to the buildings of Moss Espa so that we can not defeat Star Wars fans.

This is the birthplace of Anakin Skywalker.


They found from Moss Espa satellite photographs of 2002, 2004, 2008 and 2009 that the movement speed of Barhan is 50 feet per year (15.24 m). Without going to the Oasis city of Tunisia far away,Google EarthJust finding out, we can measure the moving speed of the dunes. Of course, the researchers are not only looking at the satellite pictures, but also are going to Moss Espa in 2009 and 2011.

As you can see, Star Wars is useful for geological research, but it is not only useful for satellite pictures of Moss Espa. In recent years,Star Wars fans' holy land pilgrimageIt is said that it is using for research as well.

ByVictor_nuno

The enthusiastic Star Wars fans visit the Holy Land Moss Espa every single day. Many of them upload pictures of the sacred sites to Facebook and blogs. The picture shows the current state of Moss Espa exactly. In other words, manyStar Wars fans publish "Tozur's fixed point observation data" on the InternetThat's why. The research team collects these data and uses it for analysis.

ByDeepwarren

In other words, Mos Espa, the Holy Land of the Star Wars fans, has its own existence in research as well as plus the fact that the fans who pilgrimage this area have made the data useful for research open to the public widely It seems to be appreciated to geologists in the sense of.