Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz announces the demolition of Earth as his spaceship hovers over Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire.

“‘People of Earth, your attention please,’ a voice said, and it was wonderful. Wonderful perfect quadraphonic sound with distortion levels so low as to make a brave man weep.
‘This is Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz of the Galactic Hyperspace Planning Council,’ the voice continued. ‘As you will no doubt be aware, the plans for development of the outlying regions of the Galaxy require the building of a hyperspatial express route through your star system, and regrettably your planet is one of those scheduled for demolition. The process will take slightly less than two of your Earth minutes. Thank you.’”
(Douglas Adams, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”).

Cover photo: Mike Peel, Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester