A human-made meteor to be precise but still a very nice image. Here's the NASA
caption for the image:
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Station Crew Views Shuttle Landing
This unprecedented view of the space shuttle Atlantis, appearing like a bean
sprout against clouds and city lights, on its way home, was photographed
We in aviation are also having some serious problems with what they are
proposing. Fortunately we are not the only ones with concerns:
LightSquared's promise dims
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/58832.html
patrick
On 14 Jul 2011, at 00:00, Richard Kowalski wrote:
Hey Mark,
The Planetary Society's view:
http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/3091/
patrick
On 07 Jul 2011, at 23:02, Pete Pete wrote:
Bummer!
Does anyone have Bill Gates' phone number?
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/07/canadian-developed-space-telescope-nixed-by-u-s-congress/
I've often wondered and maybe someone here can answer.
Since 1054 was long before the 1582 conversion from the Julian to Gregorian
calendar, is the July 4 date that gets mentioned for the first sighting of
supernova a Julian date or has it been converted to Gregorian?
???
patrick
On 04 Jul
Just another reason I always carry a PLB with me.
I just hope I never have to use it (but they tell me they'll give me a free
battery if I ever do g ).
patrick
On 13 Apr 2011, at 00:25, Rob Holcomb wrote:
haha, I saw this a while back and laughed. If you understand how to to
orienteering
How's this?
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/METEOR01.HTML
Grins,
patrick
On 29 Mar 2011, at 21:49, Regine Petersen wrote:
Hi list,
I'm looking for images from your photo album, in particular: In situ photos
of you posing with a meteorite you found (small or big, it doesn't
I live north of Tooele and saw it trough the window while seated at my desk.
Between knowing where I was sitting, where I saw the bolide burnout and the
time on my stop watch from when I saw the burst to when I heard it, I put the
burst occurring over Granite Peak. Alas, that is deep inside
searches in any way I can from offering
ground transport to low altitude fixed wing aerial searches.
Clear skies,
patrick
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On 13 Feb 2011, at 15:43, Count Deiro wrote:
Hello
I'm watching coverage right now and the local station (and CNN) is reporting 10
shot. 2 died, a kid and a judge.
A doctor from the hospital said Representative Giffords is out of surgery and
that he is very optimistic about her eventual recovery.
22 year old shooter is in custody.
On 08
Snowing here in Utah. Columbus State University has a good (albeit slow) web
feed.
54,000 on the NASA Marshall site but they are clouded.
But as I just told a friend, I'll gladly give this eclipse up if only the
weather Goddess will just give me clear skies for the May 2012 annular. :)
Good view here:
http://www.ccssc.org/webcast.html
Better here:
http://www.wpbt2.org/stargazer/
Both, as you might expect, are running slow.
patrick
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Hi John,
As one who is subscribed to MANY lists and the co-moderator of two others I can
say that such delays just happen from time to time. My posts have even been
delayed on the lists I moderate.
Never have been able to figure why.
Happily I don't think I've ever had a post that did not go
On 09 Dec 2010, at 14:08, Michael Murray wrote:
I wanted to ask if you know if there was anything in the way of good news on
the fate of the Akatsuki spacecraft?
Sigh...
This thin, diminishing crescent is Venus. It was taken by Akatsuki about two
days after the spacecraft flew past Venus
Just wanted to note that neither of the current MERs were designed to look for
signs of life (well, short of bumping into a house or some such grin.
In fact the last machines sent to Mars to look for signs of life were the
Viking landers back in the 70s.
Happily that is soon to change with
Hi,
If you are really meaning ...falls in the 21st century. shouldn't the list
start on 2001 JAN 01, the beginning of the 21st century and not since 2000AD?
Or maybe did you mean since the start of the 2000s?
patrick
On 30 Nov 2010, at 15:52, Galactic Stone Ironworks wrote:
With Lorton
Not sure what this is all about but it seems appropriate to post considering
the ET talk here today.
patrick
NASA Sets News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/nov/HQ_M10-167_Astrobiology.html
On 29 Nov 2010, at 15:50, Meteorites USA wrote:
What
Thanks for the many suggestions (and there really were many).
I think I've worked through them all and price-wise the best for what I'm
looking for is http://www.magnet4less.com .
Carpe Noctem!
patrick
On 27 Nov 2010, at 00:37, Patrick Wiggins wrote:
Anyone here have a favorite source
Anyone here have a favorite source for neodymium magnets?
I just googled neodymium magnets and got 754,000 results so I'm hoping folks
here can narrow that down a bit.
Many thanks,
patrick
N Utah USA
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Hi all,
Could someone please explain what ram pressure is?
Has it got something to do with when air is compressed it heats up so when a
meteor passes through the atmosphere it compresses the air in front of it
causing the air's temperature to rise and it's that heat that ablates all but
the
Cheers,
patrick
N Utah USA
On 20 Nov 2010, at 22:24, Patrick Wiggins wrote:
Going through some old slides I came across several I shot while exploring
Arizona's Meteor Crater in 1973.
I've heard that these days folks are not allowed to climb down into the
crater but back then (I'm guessing
Images from a trip many years ago to Northern Territory, Australia's Henbury
meteor craters:
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/HMCAPR88.HTML
patrick
N Utah USA
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that one
section. :)
Sehr gut Uwe!
patrick
N Utah USA
On 22 Nov 2010, at 05:06, Patrick Wiggins wrote:
First off, many thanks for the many off list comments about my images.
Had I know so many would like them I would have done a better job.
One list member even used software to combine
Going through some old slides I came across several I shot while exploring
Arizona's Meteor Crater in 1973.
I've heard that these days folks are not allowed to climb down into the crater
but back then (I'm guessing before lawyers got involved) visitors were welcome
to climb all over the thing
A while back a friend was looking at a piece of land he was thinking of buying
in the Nevada desert located west of Wendover, Nevada.
During his inspection he found a very heavy rock.
When he first showed it to me I thought it was a piece of slag. And I still
kind of think that's what it is.
Hi all,
I'm new to the list and have a question about last November's fall over Utah.
I lucked out and saw it from my home. Got to hear it too. I've seen my share
of meteors but that's the first one I was close enough to to hear.
There were a number of videos from many angles so it was
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