Re: [meteorite-list] Photo color issue update - colored scale cubesm

2010-05-24 Thread Steve Dunklee
excepy you ar wrong! The nice photos in magazines are made by using a grey background then developing the print as if the background is white. Check back issues of Modern photography. They have an article about using grey backgrounds in or around 1991. You may want to read up on the F16 rule

[meteorite-list] Dont skip looking at this!

2010-05-24 Thread Darren Garrison
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/05/24/lunar-boulder-hits-a-hole-in-one/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Photo color issue update - colored scale cubesm

2010-05-24 Thread Meteorites USA
OK? Steve, I wasn't being personally insulting or telling you you're wrong! I thought I was polite and informative for the benefit of the list and sharing my experiences with you and the list. Yes, I'm familiar with the Sunny 16 rule. and no I'm not sure why there's an issue here other

[meteorite-list] Phoenix Mars Lander Does Not Phone Home, New Image Shows Damage

2010-05-24 Thread Ron Baalke
May 24, 2010 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.br...@nasa.gov D.C. Agle/Jia-Rui Cook Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011/354-0850 a...@jpl.nasa.gov/jia-rui.c.c...@jpl.nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-120 PHOENIX MARS

[meteorite-list] 'Face' on Mars (off topic)

2010-05-24 Thread Ron Baalke
Hi, Someone was asking about NASA's official opinion on the Face on Mars. Here it is: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/faq/index.cfm?Category=Mars#q9 What is NASA's official opinion as to what the 'face' on Mars is? NASA has no official opinion on what the so-called face on Mars is.

Re: [meteorite-list] Don't skip looking at this!

2010-05-24 Thread MEM
I had the opportunity to discuss this with Apollo 16 Astronaut Charlie Dukes, once upon a time: finding a meteorite trail on the lunar surface with a prize at rest at the end of the track. He said they saw some dashed tracks clearly indicating something had skipped along the ground. There were

[meteorite-list] Damn! I shoulda gone beach combing!

2010-05-24 Thread Darren Garrison
Washed up on a South Carolina beach (I'm in SC) http://www.wmbfnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=12534303 The next trick would have been driving around 250 miles home with that strapped to the roof... __ Visit the Archives at

[meteorite-list] Kaidun sales?

2010-05-24 Thread Melanie Matthews
Hey listers. I'm not supposed to make any more meteorite purchases for about a month or so..are any specimens of Kaidun available to purchase/trade? I'd like to add a piece(s) of this meteorite to my collection. or is it one of those meteorites that are off limits to collectors? ---

[meteorite-list] SOFIA Prepares for Debut Flight Featuring Cornell-made Instrument

2010-05-24 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/May10/SofiaBackground.html NASA's airborne observatory prepares for debut flight featuring Cornell-made instrument May 24, 2010 By Lauren Gold l...@cornell.edu When the first photons meet the 2.7-meter telescope aboard SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory

Re: [meteorite-list] Dont skip looking at this!

2010-05-24 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Funny. I see a condo, half a pig, and two men eating BBQ... Sterling Webb -- - Original Message - From: geo...@aol.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 11:43 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [meteorite-list] Dont skip looking at this!

2010-05-24 Thread GeoZay
Me I think I see a house, half a man and a pig SterlingI see a condo, half a pig, and two men eating BBQ... One of us must be nuts. :O) GeoZay __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Dont skip looking at this!

2010-05-24 Thread Richard Kowalski
Personally I find the sorting of the debris at the bottom of the slope a much more interesting process than a boulder rolling down slope ending up in a ubiquitous crater. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Mon, 5/24/10, Darren Garrison cyna...@charter.net wrote:

Re: [meteorite-list] Dont skip looking at this!

2010-05-24 Thread Warren Sansoucie
Thanks for posting this one! Great fun. I got stuck for an hour looking over the whole thing. Amazing if you look around you will find a ton of rocks bigger than the one featured that have rolled very long distances. Real neat. Warren Sansoucie

[meteorite-list] OT: Probable launch debris recovered from South Carolina

2010-05-24 Thread Matson, Robert D.
Darren posted: Washed up on a South Carolina beach (I'm in SC) http://www.wmbfnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=12534303 The next trick would have been driving around 250 miles home with that strapped to the roof... Worth a pretty penny to space debris collectors, to be sure. However, the

Re: [meteorite-list] Damn! I shoulda gone beach combing!

2010-05-24 Thread Stuart McDaniel - Action Shooting Supply
I saw that on the news tonight. That is exactly where we stayed a couple years ago, Palmetto Dunes, Hilton Head, SC. Strange thing about it I noticed. There is no burn marks from reentry!!! Shouldn't there be??? Stuart McDaniel Lawndale, NC Secr., CCAS - Original Message - From:

[meteorite-list] WISE Makes Progress on its Space Rock Catalog

2010-05-24 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2010-176 WISE Makes Progress on its Space Rock Catalog Jet Propulsion Laboratory May 24, 2010 NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, is busy surveying the landscape of the infrared sky, building up a catalog of cosmic specimens --

[meteorite-list] (AD) BACK IN THE SADDLE... A LITTLE BIT. NEW ITEMS ADDED TO MY STORE-PLUS A SMALL SALE

2010-05-24 Thread michael cottingham
Hello, Go to my ebay store and see some of the new items I put up. I also have a small sale running. Like I said two months ago... more field time and less ebay stuff for awhile. Take advantage of the sale... SEE ALL ITEMS ON SALE IN MY STORE!

[meteorite-list] Opinions of thesesamples please

2010-05-24 Thread Greg Catterton
Looking for thoughts on a few meteorites from Morocco. I am having thin sections made and may be in need of someone with a micro probe for more testing once SEM data is gathered. These photos do not show the full features, some are basalts without a doubt. Stone #1

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Probable launch debris recovered from SouthCarolina

2010-05-24 Thread Stuart McDaniel - Action Shooting Supply
/businesstechnology/x-37b-space-plane-orbital-spy-100519.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20100524/sc_space/secretx37bspaceplanespottedbyamateurskywatchers What do ya think??? Stuart McDaniel Lawndale, NC Secr., CCAS - Original Message - From: Matson, Robert D. robert.d.mat...@saic.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Opinions of thesesamples please

2010-05-24 Thread Galactic Stone Ironworks
Hi Greg, Interesting stones. At first glance, my thoughts were - the first one looks like a terrestrial breccia, or a lunar. There is also a stone that looks a little like a brachinite and another that reminds me of a ureilite or carbonaceous type. How do these samples react to a magnet,

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Probable launch debris recovered from SouthCarolina

2010-05-24 Thread Richard Kowalski
the debris that washed up. http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/x-37b-space-plane-orbital-spy-100519.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20100524/sc_space/secretx37bspaceplanespottedbyamateurskywatchers What do ya think??? Stuart McDaniel Lawndale, NC Secr., CCAS - Original

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Probable launch debris recovered fromSouthCarolina

2010-05-24 Thread Mike Bandli
.%2C+ahead+of+a+planned+April+2010+launch+from+Cape+ Canaveral+Air+Force+Station+in+Florida.+Credit%3A+USAF Panels inside look JUST LIKE the debris that washed up. http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/x-37b-space-plane-orbital-spy-100519 .html http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20100524/sc_space

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Probable launch debris recovered fromSouthCarolina

2010-05-24 Thread Richard Kowalski
So it could still be from either launch, but considering how much further east and south the Ariane launch site is from the Carolina coast, I'd suspect it coming from the Cape is much more likely. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Mon, 5/24/10, Mike Bandli

Re: [meteorite-list] Damn! I shoulda gone beach combing!

2010-05-24 Thread Richard Kowalski
--- On Mon, 5/24/10, Stuart McDaniel - Action Shooting Supply actionshoot...@carolina.rr.com wrote: Strange thing about it I noticed. There is no burn marks from reentry!!! Shouldn't there be??? Stuart McDaniel Lawndale, NC Secr., CCAS You have to leave the atmosphere to reenter it.

[meteorite-list] OT: Probable launch debris recovered from South Carolina

2010-05-24 Thread Matson, Robert D.
Hi Stuart, I definitely agree with you that the South Carolina debris is the inside of a launch fairing. But I've read that the SC debris had French writing on it, which may rule out being associated with the X-37B. Don't know -- space hardware is made by lots of folks, so it doesn't necessarily

Re: [meteorite-list] Don't skip looking at this!

2010-05-24 Thread Jeff Kuyken
Thanks for sharing that Darren. I took a look at the main image. There are many such 'moving boulders' visible across it with many much longer than the one mentioned in the blog. Some are even large arcs. Fascinating stuff. http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc_browse/view/M122597190LE Cheers, Jeff

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Probable launch debris recovered from South Carolina

2010-05-24 Thread Richard Kowalski
All true Rob. but arguing against 6 months in the ocean is the apparent lack of sea life colonizing the fairing. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Mon, 5/24/10, Matson, Robert D. robert.d.mat...@saic.com wrote: From: Matson, Robert D. robert.d.mat...@saic.com

Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Probable launch debris recovered from South Carolina

2010-05-24 Thread Darren Garrison
Video here: http://www2.counton2.com/cbd/news/local/article/space_debris_that_washed_up_on_hilton_head_could_be_european_rocket/140457/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] Don't skip looking at this!

2010-05-24 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 25 May 2010 12:05:11 +1000, you wrote: Thanks for sharing that Darren. I took a look at the main image. There are many such 'moving boulders' visible across it with many much longer than the one mentioned in the blog. Some are even large arcs. Fascinating stuff.

[meteorite-list] Dennis Cox confers on phone with William H Napier re obvious Google Earth evidence for 13 Ka BP vertical ablation from multiple airburst barrage high pressure plasmas: Rich Murray 201

2010-05-24 Thread Rich Murray
Dennis Cox confers on phone with William M Napier re obvious Google Earth evidence for widespread 13 Ka BP vertical ablation from multiple airburst barrage high pressure plasmas: Rich Murray 2010.05.23 http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2010_05_01_archive.htm Sunday, May 23, 2010 [ at end of each long