Meteor Explosion, Lights Up The Northwestern Skies |
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Meteor Explosion, Lights Up The Northwestern Skies |
  Jun 4 2004, 04:51 PM
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 Master Mucker!  Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4  |
Si (Bill) found these very cool pictures of the lights from the meteor from a parking lot cam when it was coming in for a landing.
 Here is the link to the pictures. http://www.komonews.com/stories/31552.htm -------------------- Education is the key to the future,
and participation opens the door to opportunity. Discover your prospecting independence & success! ColoradoProspector.com Owner/Webmaster Core team member ♥  |
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Jun 4 2004, 06:00 PM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 145 Joined: 2-June 04 Member No.: 155 |
Todays report was that the meteorite hunters think that the fall might have happened 30 miles south of Olympia Washington. No finds yet.
Si_NM |
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Jun 5 2004, 01:15 PM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 145 Joined: 2-June 04 Member No.: 155 |
To go along with the latest article here, there is an unvalidated report of a rock hitting Snohomish.
Si http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/176336_meteor04.html |
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Jun 5 2004, 06:18 PM
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 Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 99 Joined: 17-December 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 53 |
WOW!!!
 I've never seen anything like that before. That is truly amazing! Those were some cool video's.  Meteorites are worth more than gold too, Though I dont know the exact pricing. I hope They find pieces of it though.  cool links guys!THANKS! -------------------- |
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Jun 12 2004, 08:25 AM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 145 Joined: 2-June 04 Member No.: 155 |
Space rocks have been actively falling recently,, Colorado, Washington, New Zealand, Portugal,, The New Zealand one has been recovered. It was made easier as it crashed through a fellows house.
 But he will be happy as he discovers the value of the rock far surpassed the damage to house.  http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_national_story...8%3fformat=html Si_NM |
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Jun 12 2004, 09:15 AM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 145 Joined: 2-June 04 Member No.: 155 |
This is a way cool pic of a foot long iron meteorite slice that has been acid etched to show the cross hatch crystal pattern called the widmanstatten pattern. These are created by two minerals that grow together , called taenite and kamacite, which have slightly different nickel amounts and thus etch at different rates slightly. The ultra cool thing tho is that you can see a size distribution difference between the mineral size ranging from small to the left, to large to the right. This is thought to have happened due to heat alteration on one side as the iron passed too close to the sun. Moreover it couldnt have been tumbling. This iron was recovered in Morocco, the original piece weighed 118 kilograms, and is classified as an iron octahedrite, medium III AB.
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Jun 13 2004, 06:45 AM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
Thanks for the pic and the info Si.
Fantastic!!  I wish one would safely crash through my house! :laugh: -------------------- Education is the key to the future,
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Jun 14 2004, 05:59 AM
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 Master Mucker Group: Members Posts: 1,439 Joined: 22-February 04 Member No.: 98 |
Boy Si, I tell ya! When I look at that meteorite slab after the acid etching, I swear that would suit a sci-fi story.
A "rock" in space...with futuristic electronics...sent as a probe...hmmm....  
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Jun 28 2004, 07:06 AM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 145 Joined: 2-June 04 Member No.: 155 |
Wow, two more space rocks hit the earth this weekend,, one in Australia, a second in two weeks in New Zealand,, where's my tin hat?? here is the NZ link
http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=40752&c=w |
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Jun 28 2004, 07:09 AM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 145 Joined: 2-June 04 Member No.: 155 |
Here is the link to the Australian story,, cool rock the guy is holding up
http://the.standard.net.au/articles/2004/0...8274657543.html |
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Jan 5 2005, 07:45 AM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 145 Joined: 2-June 04 Member No.: 155 |
I hope this link works. It is a news story about a meteorite exploding overhead in Wisconsin last evening. Hunters are heading that way now.
http://cbs2chicago.com/wisconsin/WI--Meteo...urces_news_html |
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 Jan 5 2005, 03:41 PM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
The link works great Si. Thanks!
If I was one of those loggers, I would take me a walk for myself, and I wouldnt stop till I found the source of the glow and explosion....
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