Hello Ron & List, The Atwater hole could hardly have been made by melting since there was a 'beautiful starburst-pattern' of large cracks around it. There was also talk of a 'funnel' through the ice, that seemed to have been made by some object. Plus the rattling boom.
See: http://www.freemars.org/jeff2/Atwater.jpg (It is copyrighted Star Tribune) Such cracks (exactly same look!) was also present in the case I know about locally, and also in the only proved case of a meteorite right through ice - Bjurb�le, Finland, LL4, 1899. And Bernd know about such cracks in a case in Darmstadt, Germany, 1986 where no object was found, it seems. Regards, Bj�rn S�rheim At 10:32 31.01.03 -0800, you wrote: >> For the Atwater case still one of the best theories (my guessing) could be >> lightning, but wouldn't someone ivestigating this have found out if there really >> was lightning in the night before. Btw, is lightning normal in central Minnesota >> in the middle of January? >> > >I don't know about lightning, but in the lakes in Minnesota this past month, >unusually warm water have appeared, opening large patches of open water >in the lakes that are normally frozen over. See the article below. > >Ron Baalke (Go Lakers!) > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >http://www.weather.com/newscenter/topstories/030128minnesotalakes.html > >Unusual patches are appearing in lakes >Associated Press >January 28, 2003 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
