WOW, those images are breath taking, absolutely amazing. This hole where the water came from is incredible. I am glad we have not had anything near that strength here in Northern IL. Those images of the mountains are really cool. Best Wishes, Joe Kerchner http://illinoismeteorites.com http://skyrockcafe.com
----- Original Message ---- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral <[email protected]>; Robert Verish <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, April 7, 2010 12:27:33 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Signal Mountain (IVA), Baja California Hi Bob, Just found a link to the pictures you wanted..plus lots more...amazing. Must have been terrifying. Here... http://forum.surfermag.com/forum/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1790955&an=0&page=0 Graham, UK ---- Robert Verish <[email protected]> wrote: > On Easter Sunday afternoon Moni Waiblinger and myself were hiking in the Yuha > Desert near Ocotillo (just north of the US-Mexican Border) when the M~7.1 > earthquake struck south of Mexicali. You couldn't be any closer to the > epicenter and still be in the US. Needless to say, this was the strongest > earthquake that I've experienced. > > But what I saw AFTER the quake was equally amazing. Clouds of dust were > rising up from most of the canyons in the nearby mountains, the result of > rock-falls and possible landslides. The mountain to the south of us in Baja > (which I call "Signal Mountain") was covered in a cloud of dust. Images of > this phenomenon were shown on the local San Diego TV News stations (still > looking for a link of this image - my images were too obscured by dust). > > I'm wondering where the Signal Mountain iron meteorite was "actually" found, > and whether these recent rock falls might possibly unearth additional masses > of this iron? -- Bob V. > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
