NASA Retro Rocket Light. Cool Galaxy Lava Lamp Blue Water with Red Wax. , NASARLAVA

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With fake fish and translucent balls, this lamp is a great sensory addition to a waiting room, kids’ playroom, or classroom.

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Allison Jaynes, space physicist at the University of Iowa in Iowa City and co-investigator for the mission.

More so when NASA, the name synonymous with very expensive space exploration (and now, Mars exploration), is associated with it. The rocket stands 20″ tall and will make the perfect mood-lighting addition to my outer space-themed rumpus room. They are fun to look at, they work as night lights, and are stylish décor pieces all at the same time.

NASA Lava Lamp – Birmingham Museums Trust

A few minutes of self-assembly are required, fitting the base fins requiring a certain amount of dexterity, and the gratification is not instant – the wax does take a time to warm up to operating temperature – but the result is very pleasing. Since you are reading this article, chances are, you also want a tall lava lamp for yourself, but you don't know what to get. Craven-Walker developed the idea, experimenting with different fluids/waxes, and using glass cocktail and orange squash bottles for his prototype lamps.

The idea for the lava lamp came to a man in a pub, Edward Craven-Walker, when he watched a home made egg timer bubbling on a stove. He worked with a British inventor David George Smith to develop the idea into the product you see today. Invented in the 1960's, the Lava Lamp and it's mesmerising effects must have been the original mood light and are even more popular today.