>OK, what's new? Not that Mohammed saw a "fearful column" that no one else >saw in Denshal.
Yes, that is true, not everyone reported seeing a smoke column. But then again, not eveyone in El Nahkla reported seeing a smoke column either, or even reported hearing the detonations. In particular, a 1.32 kg fragment of the meteorite landed about 50 meters from an eye witness in El Nakhla, yet he did not report any smoke columns or detonations. From Hume's paper: The first specimen sent in to the Survey Department, was observed to fall by Mohammad Abu Siam in an open space....He appears to have been some fifty metres from the spot, and noticed a cloud of dust suddenly raised by an object striking the ground. He does not appear to to have noted any special pecularities in other respects.... The specimen has a total weight of 1,320 grams. >but in the end the Nakhla fall was one of the most investigated falls in history The fact remains that observations of smoke columns, detonations and falling rocks were reported from both El Nakhla AND Denshal. Yet there was no fieldwork done at all in Denshal by any qualified personnel. The investigation in 1911 on the Nakhal fall was far from being complete or as thorough as it could have been. Ron Baalke ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
