Re: [meteorite-list] Sky detonation video

2007-06-13 Thread mark ford
Hi Sterling, As you say the questioners in those surveys are as dumb as some of the respondents! - what sort of a question is 'The universe began with a huge explosion? True or false? Obviously its actually false not true (as stated) as the universe most likley started as an infinitely tiny

[meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - June 13, 2007

2007-06-13 Thread SPACEROCKSINC
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Re: [meteorite-list] Global Warming - Scientifically proven or a farce

2007-06-13 Thread valparint
And the dog will never comprehend the world. Blah, blah, blah. The fleas will never comprehend the dog. Bill Paul Swartz __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] Space Shuttle's Left Wing May Have Been Hit

2007-06-13 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.longislandpress.com/?cp=53show=articlea_id=12193abuse-of-science/ Atlantis' Wing May Have Been Hit By Tara Powers Long Island Press June 12, 2007 NASA officials were alerted Tuesday to the possibility of a hit on the leading edge of the space shuttle Atlantis' left wing, in

[meteorite-list] Meteorite To Tour Kansas While Greensburg Rebuilds

2007-06-13 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.kbsd6.com/Global/story.asp?S=6646881 Meteorite to tour state while Greensburg rebuilds Associated Press June 12, 2007 WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Greensburg's meteorite will tour the state for the next few months while the town rebuilds from last month's devastating tornado. The

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite-list Digest, Vol 43, Issue 38

2007-06-13 Thread stefani Johnson
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Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite-list Digest, Vol 43, Issue 38

2007-06-13 Thread Sterling K. Webb
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[meteorite-list] NWA 1685 CLASSIFICATION

2007-06-13 Thread steve arnold
Hi list.What is the latest on the nwa 1685 black nwa classification?I just another piece in trade.I just got a 67 gram endcut.These meteorites are just a beauty. Steve R.Arnold,chicago,Ill,Usa!! Collecting Meteorites since 06/19/1999!! chicagometeorites.net.Specializing in Gao Meteorites!

[meteorite-list] AD - last of my SNCs - Shergotty

2007-06-13 Thread Dave Harris
Hi, I've a piece of Shergotty to go now - not sure of the weight but I reckon around 20mg - pics on request! As before, first to paypal me $200 ONO can have it! thanks for your tolerance on multiple Martian postings!! best Dave IMCA #0092 Sec.BIMS www.bimsociety.org

[meteorite-list] Space Shuttle's Left Wing May Have Been Hit

2007-06-13 Thread Metorman46
Hello Ron; Thanks for the post,i always enjoy them.But i have noticed that nasa keeps calling meteriods meteorites when referring to a cosmic collision from cosmic debris upon the shuttle or ISS.If i didn't know better i would think a meteroid enters out atmosphere to become a meteor and

[meteorite-list] Chondrules and Their Origins

2007-06-13 Thread Darren Garrison
A while back I found a book/collection of papers called Chondrules and Their Origins on the web. It was split into 30 seperate PDF files. I took them and combined them together into one file, but it is too big to store on my 20 MB of web space, so I googled for free file serving services. I've

Re: [meteorite-list] Space Shuttle's Left Wing May Have Been Hit

2007-06-13 Thread MARK BOSTICK
But i have noticed that nasa keeps calling meteriods meteorites when referring to a cosmic collision from cosmic debris upon the shuttle or ISS. Hello Herman and list, The official NASA term I believe is MMOD (micro meteoroid orbital debris). I did a few Q A's with different astronauts a

[meteorite-list] Moss CO3.5 Micrographs are posted

2007-06-13 Thread STARSANDSCOPES
Hi List, Paul, the editor of Meteorite Times, has loaded the Moss micrographs to my Gallery. I made 5 categories of micrographs; 160X standard Xpol, 160X combined, 400X standard, 600X reflected and 1600X reflected. 73 images in total. My Gallery link is

Re: [meteorite-list] Moss CO3.5 Micrographs are posted

2007-06-13 Thread Michael L Blood
Tom, Your Moss (and other) photos are STAGGERINGLY beautiful! Paul Harris gives and gives and gives. He has donated hundreds of hours of work to people individually and thousands of hours of work to the meteorite community (along with Jim Tobin) in putting out METEORITE TIMES -

[meteorite-list] OCEANS ON MARS

2007-06-13 Thread Sterling K. Webb
When Viking got to Mars, it found what looked like clear evidence of the shoreline of a vast ancient sea. Exciting. Later, closer looks show that the shoreline was not level; it waved up and down. Shorelines don't do that -- goodbye to the Seas of Barsoom. Geophysicists at UC Berkeley

[meteorite-list] Strong Evidence That Mars Once Had An Ocean

2007-06-13 Thread Ron Baalke
Media Relations University of California-Berkeley Media Contacts: Robert Sanders (510) 643-6998 / (510) 642-3734 Additional Resources: Taylor Perron, (617) 495-4687 Michael Manga, (510) 643-8532 Mark Richards, (510) 642-5872 Jerry Mitrovica, (416) 978-4946 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday,

[meteorite-list] Spitzer Searches for the Origins of Life

2007-06-13 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1396 Spitzer Searches for the Origins of Life Jet Propulsion Laboratory June 13, 2007 Astronomers suspect the early Earth was a very harsh place. Temperatures were extreme, and the planet was constantly bombarded by cosmic debris. Many

Re: [meteorite-list] OCEANS ON MARS

2007-06-13 Thread Rob McCafferty
Fascinating article from both yourself and Ron. It left me thinking I could have thought of that if only I were a little bit smarter as I knew all the mechanisms involved. To see what is right in front of your face is a constant challenge Meanwhile, we can put a sedimentary Martian Meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Space Shuttle's Left Wing May Have Been Hit

2007-06-13 Thread Göran Axelsson
Would this be hammer stones then? /Göran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Ron; Thanks for the post,i always enjoy them.But i have noticed that nasa keeps calling meteriods meteorites when referring to a cosmic collision from cosmic debris upon the shuttle or ISS.If i didn't know better i

[meteorite-list] Russian Scientist Sifts Through Meteorites and Bricks

2007-06-13 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/06/14/002.html Scientist Sifts Through Meteorites and Bricks By Kevin O'Flynn The Moscow Times June 14, 2007 A gigantic dragon fell down from the sky, terrifying all the people. In that moment the Earth shook and many people heard the noise. With

Re: [meteorite-list] OCEANS ON MARS

2007-06-13 Thread Rob McCafferty
--- samc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I get more convinced as time passes, that we *will* find either active or fossil life forms on Mars in my lifetime. Don't kid yourself Mark, I think you'd get better money if you put it on Mars being proven to be a lifeless lump of rock and always

Re: [meteorite-list] OCEANS ON MARS

2007-06-13 Thread Sterling K. Webb
And, like a fool, I forgot to ask for a sedimentary Martian meteorite with FOSSILS! I mean, as long as you're asking, what harm could it have done? Sterling K. Webb - Original Message - From: samc [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Rob McCafferty [EMAIL

Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 1685 CLASSIFICATION

2007-06-13 Thread tett
Patients Steve. We have preliminary results, which are way cool, and should have more findings in the next month or so. That's all for now. Cheers ;) Mike Tettenborn - Original Message - From: steve arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent:

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrules and Their Origins

2007-06-13 Thread Rob McCafferty
Darren, You are my hero. I've been after something like this for months and dared not spend £50 on a book (it's a wife who doesn't understand the obsession thing). I will be eternally grateful. Rob McC A while back I found a book/collection of papers called Chondrules and Their Origins on

[meteorite-list] Basikounou report now online

2007-06-13 Thread info
Dear list, my colleage Matthias Baermann and I would like to announce the completion of the report on the Bassikounou meteorite fall. The text is now online at http://www.niger-meteorite-recon.de/en/Bassikounou_Meteorite_1.htm Your comments and corrections are appreciated. Work on the

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrules and Their Origins

2007-06-13 Thread Darren Garrison
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:25:33 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: Darren, You are my hero. I've been after something like this for months and dared not spend £50 on a book It's kind of old, but still worth reading. And if you want a print copy of it, look to pay close to $300 according to what I can

Re: [meteorite-list] OCEANS ON MARS

2007-06-13 Thread Mark Crawford
I get more convinced as time passes, that we *will* find either active or fossil life forms on Mars in my lifetime. Don't kid yourself Mark, Did you ever do that calculation in physics where you If not, it works out that the chances are that you have to leave the box for something like

Re: [meteorite-list] OCEANS ON MARS

2007-06-13 Thread Norbert Classen
Hi Rob, Mark, and All, While I doubt that someone will be able to find/prove life on extrasolar planets during the next ten years I'm personally convinced that life itself is not that rare in the vastness that we tend to call our universe. Just imagine the billions of galaxies, each bearing

Re: [meteorite-list] [Meteorite List] OCEANS ON MARS

2007-06-13 Thread LITIG8NSHARK
In a message dated 6/13/2007 7:56:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If the formation of life is THAT improbable, how does it come that WE are here? Good evening Folks, H. Perhaps, it might too, be fairly argued that, blind is he/she that are so closed minded as

[meteorite-list] Etching Estherville

2007-06-13 Thread tett
Hello List! Anyone ever etch Estherville blebs? I just obtained a nice slice with a bleb about 20mm in diameter and we etched this and a faint pattern is seen. Is it possible that this is a Widmanstätten pattern? I am not sure if the metal melted and cooled properly to allow the kamacite

[meteorite-list] nwa 1685 classification

2007-06-13 Thread steve arnold
Hi list.I have been told that nwa 1685,the black meteorite,is going to turn out something very interesting.I do not know anymore than probably sometime next month we should have this very unique classification. Steve R.Arnold,chicago,Ill,Usa!! Collecting Meteorites since 06/19/1999!!

Re: [meteorite-list] OCEANS ON MARS

2007-06-13 Thread David Weir
Norbert Classen wrote: If the formation of life is THAT improbable, how does it come that WE are here? I agree with your point of view. We shouldn't be surprised that we find ourselves in a universe which satisfies the conditions necessary for our existence. (quoting a version of the

Re: [meteorite-list] OCEANS ON MARS

2007-06-13 Thread Sterling K. Webb
AUTOBIOGRAPHY: random chemical production of complex amino acids is one thing but DNA is quite the other and how it manages to develop from a molecule to sentience is off any scale I don't see the problem. Structures are inherent in all matter, not just any structure: specific structures. In

Re: [meteorite-list] Etching Estherville

2007-06-13 Thread harlan trammell
i have a 70 slice i bought form j. sinclair- it etched just like anything elseand never rusted, etc.,- very basic. just rinse well. etch definitely adds to the effect. i will be gradually switching over to yahoo mail (it has 100 FREE megs of storage). please cc to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From:

[meteorite-list] Martian Cave Entrance Detail

2007-06-13 Thread Kevin Forbes
Hello all, Regards the images and test on this page relating to new HiRise image from Mars. http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/0984/ I reckon it's strange so many took someones word that there is NO detail in the BLACK part of the image without attempting to process the image

[meteorite-list] Chesapeake bay impactite

2007-06-13 Thread cviau
Hello list, Recently, I have added to my collection some impactite specimens from around the world that I have found really fascinating. I am inquiring about the Chesapeake Bay Crater. Can anyone tell me if there are any commercially available specimens of impactite from this crater? I know

Re: [meteorite-list] Martian Cave Entrance Detail

2007-06-13 Thread Darren Garrison
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:39:20 +1000, you wrote: It appears that the camera scan lines are now visible as dark diagonal lines, there is a little more there as well, noise, dark image, http://www.mediamax.com/vk3ukf/Hosted/KsBlackHole002.JPG Hm. Looks like the collapse has revealed part

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrules and Their Origins

2007-06-13 Thread bcmeteorites
Thanks for taking the time to combine the 30 seperte files into a single pdf. Made to download really quick and easy. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Darren Garrison Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:31 PM To:

Re: [meteorite-list] Martian Cave Entrance Detail

2007-06-13 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Kevin, List When I looked at your processed image and mentally subtracted the stitchlines and the periodic noise, what I saw was vague dark arcs nested inside each other toward a darker center. So I took your image and fiddled with it in the manner you described (luminance, contrast).

Re: [meteorite-list] Moss CO3.5 Micrographs are posted

2007-06-13 Thread Paul Harris
Dear Michael and Tom, You two are too kind... FYI - I'm working on Tom's latest batch, NWA 094, and I'm just blown away by these images and Tom's ability. It's taking longer than normal because I find myself just staring at the screen instead of working :-) I'll do my best to have them up

Re: [meteorite-list] Martian Cave Entrance Detail

2007-06-13 Thread Chris Peterson
B.) Please note that in the unprocessed photo of the hole, there is clearly a whitish stain or discoloration of the terrain that is plume-shaped and that extends away from the hole. Hot CO2 or H2O vapors might have produced the plume, but I think a sulfurous gas more likely (as frequently seen in

[meteorite-list] The Great Global Warming Swindle Doc.

2007-06-13 Thread Robert Williamson
Well, I guess I'll contribute a bit to this off-topic discussion. But just a bit. Here are a couple of eye-opening films. http://leaningstraightup.com/2007/03/11/the-global-warming-swindle-video/ The Great Global Warming Swindle---By Britain's Channel 4 And Global Warming:

Re: [meteorite-list] Global Warming on MARS

2007-06-13 Thread Treiman, Allan
Hi, meteorite lovers - I've been following the Mars global warming story, and am giving a talk on it Wednesday. Here's my take. Mars does appear to be warming, based on some erosion of the south polar (dry) ice cap, at least from 1999 thru 2003. The two papers on it are Malin et al.

Re: [meteorite-list] 7 plagues

2007-06-13 Thread tracy latimer
Hot hail!!Oops... that was Ming the Merciless...Sorry, just had to get that out of my system.Tracy Latimerdum-dum-dum-dum-FLASH!!!-Oh-Savior of the Universe! (for all you Queen fans) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date:

Re: [meteorite-list] Sky detonation video

2007-06-13 Thread GeoZay
While there are several reasonable explanations for what this video shows (I think it's probably a high altitude balloon rupturing), ... As I think more about it, I don't think it's a very high altitude balloon...but rather relatively close and thus not too big. I agree that it's

Re: [meteorite-list] Sky detonation video

2007-06-13 Thread GeoZay
Yesterday I viewed a video on youtube that is utterly perplexing as to what is being videod. At first you seem to be viewing a stationary object in the sky near Venus, through a high powered lens or telescope, it is motionless for 10 - 15 seconds, then, suddenly explodes, and debris falls

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - June 11, 2007

2007-06-13 Thread Platypus Girl
I LOVE the pictures of the day and look forwad to each new one! Thank you so much for them! Suzi Michael L Blood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to thank ROCKS FROM SPACE for tirelessly – and obviously, thanklessly, giving us a daily meteorite photo. To complain about something

Re: [meteorite-list] Sky detonation video

2007-06-13 Thread Dana L. Hawn
It is hard to say what that was in the video. I am sure what it isn't though is a meteorite. Dana Hawn Louisville, Illinois - Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games.

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite-list Digest, Vol 43, Issue 35

2007-06-13 Thread Gerald Ascencio
Re. Pix. of the day. Tom has the right idea. The space traveler is more important than the label! Rock on Tom! (Gerry Ascencio.) - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 5:41 AM Subject: Meteorite-list Digest,

[meteorite-list] Fwd: Re: Chondrules and Their Origins

2007-06-13 Thread Platypus Girl
Yes, thank you so much for the hard work and wonderful gift! Suzi Rob McCafferty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:25:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Rob McCafferty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrules

Re: [meteorite-list] Rocks From Space Picture of the Day - June 11, 2007

2007-06-13 Thread Gerald Flaherty
Hi Don and List, An unclassified METEORITE is first a meteorite and secondly unClassified. If it's not a meteorite it's a meteorwrong! Never was, never will be. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: Don Rawlings To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Chondrules and Their Origins

2007-06-13 Thread greg stanley
Thanks Darren: This is why I joined this group. Greg S. Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A while back I found a book/collection of papers called Chondrules and Their Origins on the web. It was split into 30 seperate PDF files. I took them and combined them together into one

Re: [meteorite-list] Beware of Russians bearing Seimchan

2007-06-13 Thread meteor a
Magadan news say that really at night 6/7 of June from the regional museum a piece of Seymchan meteorite was stolen. It was 7255 grams. There is criminal investigation now. They say that it could be after a TV program with stupid words about very high prices for the meteorites on black

Re: [meteorite-list] Basikounou report now online

2007-06-13 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
well, from 3 kg. total mass say from the first dealers to the 26 kg. of now its a big difference, in fact like to the usual one the price from 6 euro for gram offer in the first time, now is go to $3/gr. and under for big pieceslast time I buy a meteorite without real info on total weight..

Re: [meteorite-list] Sky detonation video

2007-06-13 Thread Chris Peterson
I've personally seen weather balloons burst two times, and this is exactly what they look like- a bright point (visible as an extended object through a telescope), that suddenly fragments, the pieces falling downwards relatively fast. There's no combustion, just reflective mylar balloon

Re: [meteorite-list] Martian Cave Entrance Detail

2007-06-13 Thread Dan Wray
Darren, Are you really that history challenged? The underground railroad was not underground. Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin and it was the Civil War not the Revolutionary War. Dan - Original Message - From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Martian Cave Entrance Detail

2007-06-13 Thread Darren Garrison
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:49:38 -0600, you wrote: Darren, Are you really that history challenged? The underground railroad was not underground. Yeah, right. Next you'll be telling me that there was no Negro Space Program. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6xJzAYYrX8