Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust

2009-09-24 Thread Jeff Kuyken
;-) This pic recently in from the Terra satellite: http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/?2009266-0923/Australia.A2009266.0005.2km.jpg Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: Phil Whitmer prairiecac...@rtcol.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday,

Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust

2009-09-24 Thread Rob McCafferty
I thought that first vid may have been faked until I found this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95tmYmeHf84 Crickey! --- On Thu, 9/24/09, Mike Hankey mike.han...@gmail.com wrote: From: Mike Hankey mike.han...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust To: John.L.Cabassi j

Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust eye witness

2009-09-24 Thread WS Schroer
Hi Rob, list, I think the video you've seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95tmYmeHf84 was filmed precisely one year before the latest dust storm hit Broken Hill two days ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrlD22HwPvI Since I live in Broken Hill I can confirm that the video is no fake.

Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust

2009-09-24 Thread al mitt
Greetings all, With the winds blowing dust in Australia, it would seem that some unfound meteorites may be uncovered. Of course some specimens may be covered over or deeper but seems like a good time to go out and hunt or rehunt areas of known meteorite strewnfields. Best! --AL Mitterling

Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust

2009-09-24 Thread Dennis Miller
get so angry=2C ask the folks in our Southeast. Stay safe all... New Mexico=2C Dennis =20 =20 Date: Thu=2C 24 Sep 2009 04:52:08 -0700 From: rob_mccaffe...@yahoo.com To: mike.han...@gmail.com=3b meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust =20 I thought

Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust

2009-09-24 Thread Howard Steffic
government prefe= rs. Howard Steffic=20 From: alm...@kconline.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Thu=2C 24 Sep 2009 10:15:00 -0400 Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust =20 Greetings all=2C =20 With the winds blowing dust in Australia=2C it would seem that some unfou= nd=20

Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust

2009-09-23 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Mike, List, My first suggestion would be that it comes from the (seasonal) passage of large insect swarms. No idea as to species, but it might be a variant of the famous Yellow Rain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_rain Since the color comes from pollen and the color of the pollen varies

Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust

2009-09-23 Thread countdeiro
It's Agent Orange. Stay away from it. I sprayed it all over the Nam. It kills. First it chemically castrates you. Guido ;o) -Original Message- From: Mike Hankey mike.han...@gmail.com Sent: Sep 23, 2009 2:34 PM To: meteoritelist meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject:

Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust

2009-09-23 Thread Rob McCafferty
...@earthlink.net countde...@earthlink.net wrote: From: countde...@earthlink.net countde...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust To: Mike Hankey mike.han...@gmail.com, meteoritelist meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 8:11 PM It's Agent

Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust

2009-09-23 Thread Richard Kowalski
Orange skies and dust fallouts are not that uncommon in Florida this time of year. The dust comes from the Sahara. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=18545oldid=14334 I suspect that this is a much greater amount to leave a coating as described. I'd guess it is much

Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust

2009-09-23 Thread Rob McCafferty
Yeah, I made this mental link too, although I hear the dust over cities in Australia is red, isn't it? That, also is known to come from the outback desert. I remember as a child, dust form the Sahara being blown up to Northern Europe. I even remember seening it on the headlights of a car that

Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust

2009-09-23 Thread Becky and Kirk
; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 8:56 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust Yeah, I made this mental link too, although I hear the dust over cities in Australia is red, isn't it? That, also is known to come from the outback desert. I remember as a child

Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust

2009-09-23 Thread John.L.Cabassi
...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Becky and Kirk Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:01 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust Hi All, On TV a bit ago, a 74 year old man in Australia said he that he had never seen, in his lifetime, such a huge red dust

Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust

2009-09-23 Thread Mike Hankey
Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Becky and Kirk Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:01 PM To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust Hi All,     On TV a bit