[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2012-02-07 Thread valparint
Various http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] BRIEF Tucson Meteorite Auction Report

2012-02-07 Thread Gary K. Foote
Michael, We're glad to hear you have survived the walking [or perhaps not-able-to-walk] crud. We've had it too here in NH. Sounds like you've rounded the corner to Feel-better Street. Meet you there. Keep looking up, Gary CJ On Mon, February 6, 2012 9:47 pm, Michael Blood wrote: Greetings

[meteorite-list] Global Extinction (Permian): Gradual Doom as Bad as Abrupt

2012-02-07 Thread Paul H.
Cheryl Dybas, and G. Hand, 2012, Global Extinction: Gradual Doom as Bad as Abrupt. Press Release no. 12-019. National Science Foundation. http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_images.jsp?cntn_id=122856org=NSF Picturs - http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_images.jsp?cntn_id=122856org=NSF Global Extinction:

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Dennis Miller
Nice! I am so glad you didn't set the public price too high, like Thousands for Ash Creek. :-) I do hope you are successful in your hunt. Keep us posted. Missed you in Tucson! Again, Good Luck! Dennis Miller From: mccart...@blackbearddata.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

[meteorite-list] AD: ebay auctions ending in 20 hrs

2012-02-07 Thread Sergey Vasiliev
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Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Jim Wooddell
Hi All! I thought it was determined the Radar data was off??? And, it really is not a strewn filed until one is actually found! Cheers! Jim Jim Wooddell http://k7wfr.us - Original Message - From: Dennis Miller astror...@hotmail.com To: mccart...@blackbearddata.com;

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Steve Dunklee
The radar data is not off. It is just not understood by most people how the parabola of a fall can cause the actual landing area to be up to 12 miles away from the radar data. If you stick a french curve in an apple to represent the west to east fall. the termination point is north to northwest

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Marc Fries
Rather quietly and behind the scenes, there has been a lot of work developing the use of weather radar to detect meteorites, by Rob Matson, Jake Schaefer, myself, my brother, and others. It's been a tall learning curve but I think we've made a lot of progress. In my opinion, the biggest

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Steve Dunklee
Might looking for ablation material with magnets be the best way to narrow down the fall area? The microscopic dust may be pushed by the wind, but it should be easier to find than the big stuff. cheers Steve Dunklee --- On Tue, 2/7/12, Marc Fries mfri...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Marc Fries

[meteorite-list] AD-54 Auctions Ending-New Items Added!

2012-02-07 Thread Adam Hupe
Dear List Members, Just a quick note to let you know I have 54 eBay auctions ending tonight.  All were started at just 99 cents with no reserve.  I added many new items that I have never offered before so you may want to take a look if you can spare a few moments. I will be adding new items in

[meteorite-list] Russia: Computer Crash Doomed Phobos-Grunt

2012-02-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1202/06phobosgrunt/ Russia: Computer crash doomed Phobos-Grunt BY STEPHEN CLARK SPACEFLIGHT NOW February 6, 2012 After floating accusations against U.S. military radars, flawed foreign parts and space radiation, Russian space officials have concluded a

[meteorite-list] Houston Space Center

2012-02-07 Thread James Balister
I watched a show on tv yesterday giving a tour of the Houston space center.  They showed moon rocks.  The guy from NASA said you can not buy a moon rock.  If someone trys to sell you one, you are to call NASA and tell them.  He must be uninformed and out of the loop. Anyone else see the show?

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Jim Wooddell
Hi Marc and Steve and all, My comment that the radar information was off was because of an error in the camera location to begin searching the radar data? Garbage in = Garbage out. Rob figured that out and Jim Gamble confirmed Rob's findings. So, my statement seems to be true in at least

[meteorite-list] Houston Space Center

2012-02-07 Thread Bernd V. Pauli
Hello James and List, If someone trys to sell you one, you are to call NASA and tell them. He must be uninformed and out of the loop. He was probably referring to samples astronauts actually brought back from the Moon. He was not talking about lunar meteorites found here on Earth ... I guess!

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Steve Dunklee
there were two radar returns and two sonic booms reported. both of the radar returns are in a northern direction almost parallel. this indicates the termination as north of the radar returns. northwest of the lake. cheers Steve --- On Tue, 2/7/12, Jim Wooddell nf11...@npgcable.com wrote:

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Jim Wooddell
Steve, do you have the HAS order numbers for this or screen shots? Jim - Original Message - From: Steve Dunklee steve.dunk...@yahoo.com To: Marc Fries mfri...@hotmail.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; Jim Wooddell nf11...@npgcable.com Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 12:15 PM

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread dorifry
Just to clarify, there are no black panthers (Panthera) living in North America. Texas has lots of mountain lions from the Puma genus. Black panther sightings are urban legends. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_br_w7000_0232.pdf Phil Whitmer Joshua Tree Earth Space

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread actionshooting
I wouldn't be so quick there, just because no on has ever CAPTURED or KILLED one... doen't mean they could not be there. There are more exotic species of animals in TX than any other state. Why could there not be an escaped one? My wife is from TX and has seen one on their land they farmed when

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread dorifry
Black panthers are not native to North America. They live in Central and South America, Asia and Africa. I doubt if the average Joe can tell a Panthera from a Puma. Phil Whitmer - Original Message - From: actionshoot...@carolina.rr.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com;

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Count Deiro
Yeah! Black panthers. We call the big desert colored cats we have here in the Mohave..Mountain Lions. I know in certain parts of the North West they refer to them as Panthers. In parts of Texas and New Mexico they are Pumas and on the East Coast Catamounts. But, whatever they are called , they

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Becky and Kirk
Indeed---Mountain Lions have also been sighted and encountered in South-Central Wisconsin. Wisconsin DNR trail cameras took pictures of at least one large male Cat in the last year. He was encountered twice---with one time leaping over a man after the guy entered an old barn after seeing the

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Greg Hupé
Hey all, Exotic animals are a possibility all through North America, here is a simple example of how: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/10/18/Wild-animals-loose-in-Muskingum-County.html The Everglades in Florida has many exotic animals due to careless or idiotic humans who

Re: [meteorite-list] Panthers in Edgwood

2012-02-07 Thread Steve Dunklee
Yes there may be Mountain Lions or panthers in edgewood. till I followed one with my truck and made a plaster cast of paw prints The arkansas game and fish commisin denied there were panthers in Arkansas. after it killed one of my pigs and almost kiled some cattle theysaid please dont kill it.

[meteorite-list] OT: Black Panthers

2012-02-07 Thread brian burrer
Greetings List, At one time Jaguars inhabited the southern portion of the United States up to the Carolinas. They have a melanistic phase and have been referred to as black panthers. You won't run across one now north of Mexico except perhaps in southern Arizona. Happy Hunting (but check your

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Stuart McDaniel
Here on the east coast we call them cougars (4 legged kind) or mountain lion. Mountain lion being more common. Stuart McDaniel Lawndale, NC Secr., Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society - Original Message - From: Count Deiro countde...@earthlink.net To: dorifry dori...@embarqmail.com;

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Stuart McDaniel
or the Chupacabra! Stuart McDaniel Lawndale, NC Secr., Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society - Original Message - From: Greg Hupé gmh...@centurylink.net To: dorifry dori...@embarqmail.com; McCartney Taylor mccart...@blackbearddata.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday,

[meteorite-list] Mars-Bound NASA Rover Carries Coin for Camera Checkup (Curiosity)

2012-02-07 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2012-033 Mars-Bound NASA Rover Carries Coin for Camera Checkup Jet Propulsion Laboratory February 07, 2012 The camera at the end of the robotic arm on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has its own calibration target, a smartphone-size plaque that looks

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Steve Dunklee
always hunt in groups! the tweakers are a lot more dangerous than any wildlife. They will kill you for a spare tire or your shoes or coat. --- On Tue, 2/7/12, Stuart McDaniel actionshoot...@carolina.rr.com wrote: From: Stuart McDaniel actionshoot...@carolina.rr.com Subject: Re:

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Steve Dunklee
you can make meth in a coffee cup over a candle. From Oregon to Houston is the meth central. Dont carry any cash, wear old clothes preferably jeans and if confronted ask them where you can get a hit too. By being their friend? and taking them to get a buzz you can drop them off at the local

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Black Panthers

2012-02-07 Thread MexicoDoug
Brian wrote: have a melanistic phase Here in Florida at the moment, black panthers are part of the culture. Of course they are now tecnically called melanistic bobcats, but who really cares? The backwards appropriation of a common name by certain experts IMO is more of a publicity stunt

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Shawn Alan
Jim 7 Listers    Jim try HAS002390341   here is a link of the radar image. the bounce back shows up in only one sweap and the elevation is about 4km   http://www.flickr.com/photos/48262799@N03/6838603313/   Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 eBay Store http://www.ebay.com/sch/ph0t0phl0w/m.html?          

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Shawn Alan
Yeah I see it in Quitman? If thats the case I am not sure if this is a bounce back of the meteor fall, but who knows with these scans. But I have to say, I remember the Mufflin fall and in 3 different elevation runs there were bounce backs and with this one its only in one elevation sweep.

[meteorite-list] 2012/02/01 TX Fireball Trajectory Solutions v1

2012-02-07 Thread Mike Hankey
Hello, I've been working on the trajectory for this fireball, but i've been a little discombobulated due to the mystery over Kevin's Hawley / Coleman camera location. A friend forward'd me what I believe to be the best location for Kevins camera and we suspect it is in coleman and not hawley. I

Re: [meteorite-list] 2012/02/01 TX Fireball Trajectory Solutions v1

2012-02-07 Thread Stuart McDaniel
I will have a definite answer where Kevin's camera is located shortly. Stuart McDaniel Lawndale, NC Secr., Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society IMCA #9052 http://spacerocks.weebly.com -Original Message- From: Mike Hankey Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 8:57 PM To: meteoritelist ; Global

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread eric
Sorry to disagree Phil, but I've seen a large black cat before in North America. In Florida actually. Regardless of the proper name of the animal or what species. It was a very large black cat. I was out hiking/hunting one day in some nearby woods, when I was in my early twenties when I

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Michael Farmer
Central America is North America! We have leopards and coatamundis fairly common now in Arizona, not native but moving north. Why can't a black leopard move north? Michael Farmer Sent from my iPhone On Feb 7, 2012, at 3:02 PM, dorifry dori...@embarqmail.com wrote: Black panthers are not

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Brian Cox
Hello World Meteorite Collectors; After reading so many posts about the Meth heads and the crazy guy in the Northern part of the strewn field area and about 5 or 6 different descriptions of what is and what is NOT a Black Panther I couldn't help but jump in. METH is All Across America,

Re: [meteorite-list] 2012/02/01 TX Fireball Trajectory Solutions v1

2012-02-07 Thread Mike Hankey
Thanks Jim. I updated the post to reflect that. On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 11:07 PM, ELPALLSKY wxt...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Mike...nice job. Any chance of noting that the OKC, Hawley and Coleman cams are Sentinel? Thanx! Sincerely, Jim Gamble El Paso TX Station Sandia Sentinel Meteor/Fireball

[meteorite-list] 3rd Report from Stewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread McCartney Taylor
Past 2 reports didn't permit me to post pics, so I'll post via blog. http://texasmeteoritelab.com/3rd-report-from-the-edgewood-strewnfield __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Marc Fries
Sorry - I'm sure I do have the HAS numbers, but my inbox is full of HAS emails and I don't know which is which! Lotta fireballs lately. And I'm frustrated that we don't have an easy answer to this one on radar, but not upset. We've made a lot of progress and I'm pleased with that, and pleased

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread MexicoDoug
Brian wrote: stay off ... permission to hunt on it. I'm with Eric on the panthers; it's hard to live as a child in the natural habitat of panthers (the *Florida Panther* is the official state animal and correct common name of the animal), but our guys certainly don't range to Texas. As for

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread MexicoDoug
oops, the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLGU0ezOOSk -Original Message- From: MexicoDoug mexicod...@aim.com To: searchingforfun searchingfor...@sbcglobal.net; meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, Feb 7, 2012 11:55 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Marc Fries
This works, though its not as satisfying as finding a rock. I have a rather large collection of spherules from my visit to the Jacksonville, IL event but haven't had time to work on them yet. I collected them by wrapping my magnet in duct tape sticky side out, then peeling off the tape at the

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread GREG LINDH
Doug, Your post has been a breath of fresh air, as compared to all of the warnings being issued by so many people. One would think that there is a desire to dampen the spirits of those who might want to look for the meteorites. I've noticed this same dynamic in play with other falls.

[meteorite-list] Meteor Mayhem Birthday Bash Harvey Awards photos

2012-02-07 Thread Arizona Keith
Hello List The Thirteenth Annual Meteor Mayhem Birthday Bash Harvey Awards photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/arizonaviking/sets/72157629226330801/show/ Sorry for not posting these photos sooner and getting back all my email question, been feeling crap. I'll post Bloods auction photos and

Re: [meteorite-list] 2nd Report from Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread MexicoDoug
same dynamic in play with other falls Hi Greg, To be fair, I was supporting Brian's observation that respect for everyone involved is the safest key to the land; Glad I'm not the only one who is tired of this dynamic. Actually when people keep quiet about things there is no complaint, its

[meteorite-list] Report from the Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread JoshuaTreeMuseum
According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department there are no black panthers in Texas, only mountian lions from the Puma genus. Black panthers are leopards from the Panthera genus and do not live in North America.

Re: [meteorite-list] Report from the Strewnfield in Edgewood Texas

2012-02-07 Thread Michael Mulgrew
As a matter of habit I never believe anything the government tells me. Michael in so. Cal. On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 3:47 PM, JoshuaTreeMuseum joshuatreemus...@embarqmail.com wrote: According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department there are no black panthers in Texas, only mountian lions

[meteorite-list] OT: Black Panthers

2012-02-07 Thread Phil Whitmer
Common names of wild big cats cause a lot of confusion. The largest and most common one is the Puma concolor, formerly known as Felis concolor. It's the mountain lion (cat), cougar, puma, etc. There are very dark colored strains of P. concolor but they are extremely rare. Pumas can be found