Re: [meteorite-list] LUCERNE DRY LAKE crosshair target
On 3/3/2015 9:48 PM, Paul Gessler via Meteorite-list wrote: Ok. someone on here must know the history of the Huge Target crosshairs looking feature on the west side of Lucerne Dry Lake Cambria road runs West off of 247 and almost runs into it. What is it? Art? Paleo art? Modern geo manipulation art or what? Any body who knows please share. According to this guy it was for bombing practice during WWII: http://www.adventureduo.com/2009/05/lucerne-valley-exploration.html -- Greg Crinklaw Astronomical Software Developer Cloudcroft, New Mexico skyhound.com __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] LUCERNE DRY LAKE crosshair target
Ok. someone on here must know the history of the Huge Target crosshairs looking feature on the west side of Lucerne Dry Lake Cambria road runs West off of 247 and almost runs into it. What is it? Art? Paleo art? Modern geo manipulation art or what? Any body who knows please share. -Paul G __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Lucerne Dry Lake
http://www.meteorite1.com/lweb.htm No. It is open to collecting (persumably minerals) but all vehicles are now legally prohibited from driving on the dry lake. Don't know whether you would be chased off or whether it is being patrolled, but if you attempt an overnight camp be aware of flash floods (even in July and August) or you could be swimming when you awake in the morning. Parts of the dry lake become very wet, even become rather sizeable lakes. This is a catch basin for the adjacent desert area. See my link above. Ron Hartman - Original Message - From: geo...@aol.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 8:25 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Lucerne Dry Lake Okay...I'm trying to find out some info about Lucerne Dry Lake in Southern California near Barstow. Can anyone tell me if you are allowed to or able to drive a camping trailer onto the dry lake for camping purposes? Also do people pitch tents there without getting chased off. I'm not all that familiar with that area and trying to get a feel for things before making any decisions. Thanks. George Zay __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.14690 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) Database version: 6.14700 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Lucerne Dry Lake
Okay...I'm trying to find out some info about Lucerne Dry Lake in Southern California near Barstow. Can anyone tell me if you are allowed to or able to drive a camping trailer onto the dry lake for camping purposes? Also do people pitch tents there without getting chased off. I'm not all that familiar with that area and trying to get a feel for things before making any decisions. Thanks. George Zay __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Lucerne Dry Lake mystery item revealed
Hi All, Back about two weeks ago I posed a question to the list asking how many of you had paid a visit to Lucerne Dry Lake in southern California prior to April 2002. A number of you replied privately, some who had been there, some not. There were a number of guesses as to the mystery item that I found there, but none close. And of those that had been, none were aware of anything that they had left behind. Since it appears that the individual who lost this item may not be a member of Meteorite-Central, the time has come to spill the beans: I found, of all things, a meteorite! Of course, meteorites are exactly what I was searching for, so that shouldn't come as a surprise. But this was a TRANSPORTED meteorite, more specifically a partslice. Now I can understand someone taking a meteorite along with them while hunting to use as a search image, but a small cut slice??? At the time I found it, I didn't even consider the possibility. I thought perhaps some kind of odd mechanical weathering had sanded a meteorite down to a sliver. (Given the alternative explanation that someone had dropped a partslice on the lakebed, and that I had somehow managed to find it seemed to be the more absurd possibility.) Given that no saw marks could be seen, I had to treat it as a find. It received a field ID and a sample was broken off (not cut!) for UCLA to analyze. Mind you -- we looked at this meteorite under a microscope and aside from the obvious resemblance to a (weathered) slice of meteorite, could find no evidence of it having been cut. Fast-forward several months to the opening night welcome reception for the Meteoritical Society meeting at UCLA. I brought a number of meteorite finds along with me to show to colleagues, among them this oddity from Lucerne. The sun was setting, but in the fading light Bob Verish and Nick Gessler got to take a look at this find under a 12x loupe that I had brought along. Lo and behold, with the grazing light, there was just enough surface contrast that Bob was able to detect the faint remnants of saw marks on the less-weathered side. I looked, and sure enough they were there: completely invisible except when viewed at grazing incidence. I had myself a transport -- and probably an unintentional one at that! If any of you are curious to see the in situ find photos, I've posted them at: http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/lvtran_a.jpg http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/lvtran_b.jpg http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/lvtran_c.jpg http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/lvtran_d.jpg The first image shows the slice before it was touched, the second after it was flipped over. The third is a close-up, and the fourth shows the general area on the playa where it was found. Obviously it would be nice to come full-circle on this story and learn the identity of the one who lost this slice, when they lost it, and most importantly which meteorite it came from! It would make a humorous story for Meteorite Magazine... Best, Rob __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Lucerne Dry Lake mystery item revealed
woohoo Why does that road into the mountains remind me of Groom Lake? Rosie - Original Message - From: Matson, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 6:54 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Lucerne Dry Lake mystery item revealed Hi All, Back about two weeks ago I posed a question to the list asking how many of you had paid a visit to Lucerne Dry Lake in southern California prior to April 2002. A number of you replied privately, some who had been there, some not. There were a number of guesses as to the mystery item that I found there, but none close. And of those that had been, none were aware of anything that they had left behind. Since it appears that the individual who lost this item may not be a member of Meteorite-Central, the time has come to spill the beans: I found, of all things, a meteorite! Of course, meteorites are exactly what I was searching for, so that shouldn't come as a surprise. But this was a TRANSPORTED meteorite, more specifically a partslice. Now I can understand someone taking a meteorite along with them while hunting to use as a search image, but a small cut slice??? At the time I found it, I didn't even consider the possibility. I thought perhaps some kind of odd mechanical weathering had sanded a meteorite down to a sliver. (Given the alternative explanation that someone had dropped a partslice on the lakebed, and that I had somehow managed to find it seemed to be the more absurd possibility.) Given that no saw marks could be seen, I had to treat it as a find. It received a field ID and a sample was broken off (not cut!) for UCLA to analyze. Mind you -- we looked at this meteorite under a microscope and aside from the obvious resemblance to a (weathered) slice of meteorite, could find no evidence of it having been cut. Fast-forward several months to the opening night welcome reception for the Meteoritical Society meeting at UCLA. I brought a number of meteorite finds along with me to show to colleagues, among them this oddity from Lucerne. The sun was setting, but in the fading light Bob Verish and Nick Gessler got to take a look at this find under a 12x loupe that I had brought along. Lo and behold, with the grazing light, there was just enough surface contrast that Bob was able to detect the faint remnants of saw marks on the less-weathered side. I looked, and sure enough they were there: completely invisible except when viewed at grazing incidence. I had myself a transport -- and probably an unintentional one at that! If any of you are curious to see the in situ find photos, I've posted them at: http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/lvtran_a.jpg http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/lvtran_b.jpg http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/lvtran_c.jpg http://members.cox.net/mojave_meteorites/lvtran_d.jpg The first image shows the slice before it was touched, the second after it was flipped over. The third is a close-up, and the fourth shows the general area on the playa where it was found. Obviously it would be nice to come full-circle on this story and learn the identity of the one who lost this slice, when they lost it, and most importantly which meteorite it came from! It would make a humorous story for Meteorite Magazine... Best, Rob __ 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
