Ooooolaaaa

No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own.........................

Well they were wrong then, weren't they ? :-rolling

Actually it's the Funfare on the Imperial recreational ground for the Whitsun Bank Holiday.
It made me thnk of The war of the worlds

"... the chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one.. but still - they come." :eek:

It does look like some giant mechanical hand.

Yes. It seamed enormous. Couldn't resist :)