Last year I have been to the Sleeping Bear National Park located in the northwest Michigan (lower pensula). I think this Sleeping Bear is the biggest sand dune in Michigan. I didn�t see or find any meteorite there yet. Not easy to walk on sand in couple of miles....
Tom Perry > I wonder if anyone has thought to search the sand dunes on the southern > shores of Lake Michigan, since the Great Lakes were formed by giant glaciers > many moons ago! Do you think that any meteorites could have been deposited > on these dunes from the melting ice? I also wonder if anyone around this > area would be interested in combing the area one of these days if they think > that it might be worth while? Have a great Easter everyone, if you celebrate > it! Dave > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Robert Verish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 1:35 AM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Sand Dunes and Meteorites > > >> A number of people (most of them are on this List) >> have discussed with me their interest in utilizing hot >> air balloons and ultra-lights, in their efforts at >> meteorite recovery, over broad areas of sand dunes >> here in Southern California. Although I'm not very >> optimistic about their prospects in sand dune fields, >> I wouldn't want to discourage their efforts. After >> all, the area between sand dunes can be considered a >> "blow-out" area. And besides, Michael Cottingham >> found his Kermit stones in a Texas dune field. >> >> The locality that most of these individuals have >> selected as being the most promising/pristine, is the >> Algodones Dunes in Imperial County. But just today, >> the LA Times ran an article announcing that this very >> Dune Field will be "under consideration for opening up >> 49,000 acres to the general public" (meaning, to >> off-road vehicular traffic). >> More details here: >> >> U.S. Seeks to Reopen Area to Off-Roaders - >> Desert Plan would overturn Clinton decision that >> curbed use of sand dunes. >> >> > <http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000022361mar28.story?coll=la%2Dheadlin > es%2Dcalifornia> >> >> This post serves as a "heads-up" to those individuals >> that were interested in surveying this "pristine" area >> from the air, that their time may be running out! >> On the other hand, they may have the opportunity to >> canvass the area by dune buggy, but they better plan >> on getting there early. Some weekends have as many as >> 200,000 ORVs flying over the crests of these dunes >> from every direction in the "general use (OHV) area". >> But plans are to only allow entry to 500 vehicles per >> weekend (in the former wilderness area). >> >> Here's wishing you all good luck, but I'll be sticking >> to the firmer, flatter terrain. >> :-) Bob V. >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for Easter, Passover >> http://greetings.yahoo.com/ >> >> ______________________________________________ >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
