I heard of these sinkholes in Florida and other places. But this one is huge and killed two boys.
giant-sinkhole-swallows-homes
http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/giant-sinkhole-swallows-homes-killing/20070223114509990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Monday, February 19, 2007
Meteors Fire in the Sky :History Channel: 2/18/2007
Meteors Fire in the Sky :History Channel: 2/18/2007
If you collect Meteorites, watch meteor showers or wonder about comets and asteroids hitting the earth you need to watch on the History channel. Again it was on last night (my wife told me it was coming later that night ) but this time I saw it was not posted in the paper. So I waited . Once again I watched the whole thing and took notes this time and videotaping
**
*Asteroid impact killing dinosaur debate
* Bob Haag the Meteorite Guy
* The info about the so called meteorite object in Mecca that Moslems revere (interesting the video showed the metal enclosure but not the meteorite object that the Moslems can peer into and touch. It is said to be an object from the days of the first man Adam and was once white but since has darkened to black with all the sins and touchings by Moslems)
* First known witnessed fall and recovery of meteorite in Eisensheim in France in 1492 (yes the date Columbus went to America). Fireball seen by 12 year old and recovered after it hit in field.
* Cape York huge meteorite transported from Greenland (340 tons) most of which is still at the Hayden Planetarium in NYC
****
* Notes on Tunguska 1908
* Meteor crater in AZ (the impact turned the iron into iron gas that made the crater(
* The astronomical impact of planetary scientist Shoemaker on defining AZ crater as an impact crater, laying the foundation of other impact craters while searching in Germany for an impact that took place 15 million years ago
* finding the impact deposit of Iridium from Asteroid impact, significance and the Yucatan smoking gun crater where the asteroid hit that caused the demise of the dinosaurs
* Asteroid Eros photos, touchdown
and more
Well done, informative, great visuals, video and more
History, science and much more
**
Dr. Eric Flescher (kcstarguy@aol.com), Olathe, KS: E.O.A.S. (Earth, Oceans, Atmosphere and Space) Blog -http://eoas-dreric1kansas.blogspot.com/
If you collect Meteorites, watch meteor showers or wonder about comets and asteroids hitting the earth you need to watch on the History channel. Again it was on last night (my wife told me it was coming later that night ) but this time I saw it was not posted in the paper. So I waited . Once again I watched the whole thing and took notes this time and videotaping
**
*Asteroid impact killing dinosaur debate
* Bob Haag the Meteorite Guy
* The info about the so called meteorite object in Mecca that Moslems revere (interesting the video showed the metal enclosure but not the meteorite object that the Moslems can peer into and touch. It is said to be an object from the days of the first man Adam and was once white but since has darkened to black with all the sins and touchings by Moslems)
* First known witnessed fall and recovery of meteorite in Eisensheim in France in 1492 (yes the date Columbus went to America). Fireball seen by 12 year old and recovered after it hit in field.
* Cape York huge meteorite transported from Greenland (340 tons) most of which is still at the Hayden Planetarium in NYC
****
* Notes on Tunguska 1908
* Meteor crater in AZ (the impact turned the iron into iron gas that made the crater(
* The astronomical impact of planetary scientist Shoemaker on defining AZ crater as an impact crater, laying the foundation of other impact craters while searching in Germany for an impact that took place 15 million years ago
* finding the impact deposit of Iridium from Asteroid impact, significance and the Yucatan smoking gun crater where the asteroid hit that caused the demise of the dinosaurs
* Asteroid Eros photos, touchdown
and more
Well done, informative, great visuals, video and more
History, science and much more
**
Dr. Eric Flescher (kcstarguy@aol.com), Olathe, KS: E.O.A.S. (Earth, Oceans, Atmosphere and Space) Blog -http://eoas-dreric1kansas.blogspot.com/
U.N. Urged to Take On Asteroid Threat
Oh great. With all that is going on in the world , I have to start worrying about this (now?)
Updated:2007-02-18 18:01:41
U.N. Urged to Take On Asteroid Threat
By Irene Klotz
Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 18) - An asteroid may come uncomfortably close to Earth in 2036 and the United Nations should assume responsibility for a space mission to deflect it, a group of astronauts, engineers and scientists said on Saturday
http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/un-urged-to-take-on-asteroid-threat/20070218175909990002?ncid=NWS00010000000001
Updated:2007-02-18 18:01:41
U.N. Urged to Take On Asteroid Threat
By Irene Klotz
Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 18) - An asteroid may come uncomfortably close to Earth in 2036 and the United Nations should assume responsibility for a space mission to deflect it, a group of astronauts, engineers and scientists said on Saturday
http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/un-urged-to-take-on-asteroid-threat/20070218175909990002?ncid=NWS00010000000001
asteroid may come uncomfortably close to Earth in 2036
Oh great. With all that is going on in the world , I have to start worrying about this.
Updated:2007-02-18 18:01:41
U.N. Urged to Take On Asteroid Threat
By Irene Klotz
Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 18) - An asteroid may come uncomfortably close to Earth in 2036 and the United Nations should assume responsibility for a space mission to deflect it, a group of astronauts, engineers and scientists said on Saturday
http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/un-urged-to-take-on-asteroid-threat/20070218175909990002?ncid=NWS00010000000001
Updated:2007-02-18 18:01:41
U.N. Urged to Take On Asteroid Threat
By Irene Klotz
Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 18) - An asteroid may come uncomfortably close to Earth in 2036 and the United Nations should assume responsibility for a space mission to deflect it, a group of astronauts, engineers and scientists said on Saturday
http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/un-urged-to-take-on-asteroid-threat/20070218175909990002?ncid=NWS00010000000001
2007 February 19 nova photo
A Nova is a star that exhausts its hydrogen fuel supply in its inner depths, begins to "feed on it self" creating higher density elements and finally exploded with the energy of millions of suns. This transformation actually created other elements, spews gas and more into outer space and sometimes destroys what is near by. It also creates a brilliant star like object many more times brighter then the magnitude of the star before. Here is the latest about a bright nova in the dawn sky which you can see now.
2007 February 19
Astronomy Picture of the Day
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
peaked at magnitude 3.9 on Friday the 16th.
AAVSO Special Notice #33
V1280 Scorpii = Nova Scorpii 2007
(February 7, 2007)
IAUC 8803 announces a new nova in Scorpius, independently discovered by Y. Nakamura and Y. Sakurai. The position is 16:57:40.91 -32:20:36.4 J2000 and the unfiltered magnitude is about 8.3 (T. Krajci, 2007-02-06). Spectra indicate blue color, no emission blueward of 540nm, but Halpha emission with P-Cyg profile. Report observations to the AAVSO as: 9999+99 V1280 Sco. Please be sure to indicate what you used for comparison stars. Thank you for your astronomical efforts and contributions! This special notice was compiled by: Arne A. Henden
http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/33.shtml
finder chart
http://skytonight.com/observing/home/Nova-Sco-2007.html
before dawn in scorpio
Dr. Eric Flescher (kcstarguy@aol.com), Olathe, KS: E.O.A.S. (Earth, Oceans, Atmosphere and Space) Blog -<http://eoas-dreric1kansas.blogspot.com/
2007 February 19
Astronomy Picture of the Day
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
peaked at magnitude 3.9 on Friday the 16th.
AAVSO Special Notice #33
V1280 Scorpii = Nova Scorpii 2007
(February 7, 2007)
IAUC 8803 announces a new nova in Scorpius, independently discovered by Y. Nakamura and Y. Sakurai. The position is 16:57:40.91 -32:20:36.4 J2000 and the unfiltered magnitude is about 8.3 (T. Krajci, 2007-02-06). Spectra indicate blue color, no emission blueward of 540nm, but Halpha emission with P-Cyg profile. Report observations to the AAVSO as: 9999+99 V1280 Sco. Please be sure to indicate what you used for comparison stars. Thank you for your astronomical efforts and contributions! This special notice was compiled by: Arne A. Henden
http://www.aavso.org/publications/specialnotice/33.shtml
finder chart
http://skytonight.com/observing/home/Nova-Sco-2007.html
before dawn in scorpio
Dr. Eric Flescher (kcstarguy@aol.com), Olathe, KS: E.O.A.S. (Earth, Oceans, Atmosphere and Space) Blog -<http://eoas-dreric1kansas.blogspot.com/
Saturday, February 17, 2007
New Mars Pictures Show Signs of Watery "Aquifers"
Is or was Mars wet and if so is there still life or was there life on Mars? More clues with investigation of stunning images
New Mars Pictures Show Signs of Watery "Aquifers": "Stunning color images offer new evidence that plentiful water once percolated through Martian bedrock—and new hints as to where life might be hiding."
New Mars Pictures Show Signs of Watery "Aquifers": "Stunning color images offer new evidence that plentiful water once percolated through Martian bedrock—and new hints as to where life might be hiding."
What triggers ice ages? still a puzzle
Have you seen the movie Ice Age? Funny and cute. But the real thing happened. So...
What triggers ice ages?: "by Rasmus Benestad, with contributions from Caspar & Eric
In a recent article in Climatic Change, D.G. Martinson and W.C. Pitman III discuss a new hypothesis explaining how the climate could change abruptly between ice ages and inter-glacial (warm) periods. They argue that the changes in Earth's orbit around the Sun in isolation is not sufficient to explain the estimated high rate of change, and that there must be an amplifying feedback process kicking in. The necessity for a feedback is not new, as the Swedish Nobel Prize winner (Chemistry), Svante Arrhenius, suggested already in 1896 that CO2 could act as an amplification mechanism. In addition, there is the albedo feedback, where the amount of solar radiation that is reflected back into space, scales with the area of the ice- and snow-cover. And are clouds as well as other aspects playing a role.
Martinson & Pitman III's hypothesis states that the fresh water input works in concert with the Milankovitch cycle and the albedo feedback. They conclude that 'major' terminations can only follow fr"
What triggers ice ages?: "by Rasmus Benestad, with contributions from Caspar & Eric
In a recent article in Climatic Change, D.G. Martinson and W.C. Pitman III discuss a new hypothesis explaining how the climate could change abruptly between ice ages and inter-glacial (warm) periods. They argue that the changes in Earth's orbit around the Sun in isolation is not sufficient to explain the estimated high rate of change, and that there must be an amplifying feedback process kicking in. The necessity for a feedback is not new, as the Swedish Nobel Prize winner (Chemistry), Svante Arrhenius, suggested already in 1896 that CO2 could act as an amplification mechanism. In addition, there is the albedo feedback, where the amount of solar radiation that is reflected back into space, scales with the area of the ice- and snow-cover. And are clouds as well as other aspects playing a role.
Martinson & Pitman III's hypothesis states that the fresh water input works in concert with the Milankovitch cycle and the albedo feedback. They conclude that 'major' terminations can only follow fr"
Video: Octopus Mating a Tangled Affair
Video: Octopus Mating a Tangled Affair: "Watch as a cyanea octopus overcomes ocean tides and fierce competition to attract a female's attention—only to have a hard time keeping it."
Magnificent Eagle Nebula where stars are being born
One of my wall pictures is a framed closeup of this magnificent Eagle Nebula where stars are being born. Taken with the Hubble Space Telescope it is a favorite astronomical photo for many.
Now it seems like more information is being found and stars are making their way to prominence to an even greater extent.
Sun’s “twin” found, as embryo
Feb. 16, 2007
Courtesy University of Colorado at Boulder
and World Science staff
Astronomers say they have peered at the embryo of a star that will probably develop into a virtual twin of our sun. It’s one of four new‐found “proto-stars” that are probably the youngest stars as‐tro‐no‐mers have ever imaged, there‐searchers said.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/070216_sun-embryo.htm
more about the Eagle Nebula
M16: Pillars of Creation
Credit: J. Hester, P. Scowen (ASU), HST, NASA
Explanation: It has become one of the most famous images of modern
times. This image, taken with the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995,
shows evaporating gaseous globules (EGGs) emerging from pillars of
molecular hydrogen gas and dust. The giant pillars are light years in
length and are so dense that interior gas contracts gravitationally
to form stars. At each pillars' end, the intense radiation of bright
young stars causes low density material to boil away, leaving stellar
nurseries of dense EGGs exposed. The Eagle Nebula, associated with
the open star cluster M16, lies about 7000 light years away. The
pillars of creation were imaged recently by the orbiting Chandra X-
ray Observatory, and it was found that most EGGS are not strong
emitters of X-rays.
Frostquake, meteor or what was the noise in Ohio? 2/15/2007
This is an interesting report of a loud noise 2/15/2007
Frostquake, meteor or what was the noise in Ohio?
Here is additional information for this enigma mystery.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
UPDATE: Last night's 'big bang' might be a meteor
Mike Hansen, director of the Ohio Seismic Network, said there’s no evidence to suggest an earthquake could have caused the bang, especially not over the range specified. NBC-4 has fielded calls from Fairfield, Muskingum and Pickaway counties, and the National Weather Service heard similar tales from Cincinnati, Wilmington and Lebanon. CASSIOPEDIA History Channel Daily Bleed IMDB NY Times How To
“The type of waves that I see is not earthquake-type stuff. What bothers me is we don’t see it anywhere else,” Hansen said. “Right now this is mysterious to me.”
The National Weather Service’s station in Wilmington is equally lost, especially after hearing calls from the Cincinnati area. The only common factor is that each area was affected by Tuesday’s ice storm.
“It definitely wasn’t thunder,” a meteorologist there said. “We’re kind of stumped on that ourselves.”
Readers of NewarkAdvocate.com reported similar stories — a bang loud enough to shake houses, but with nothing apparently wrong afterward.
“We live in Indian Hills (west of Granville off Ohio 16) and the explosion at approximately 9 p.m. was so loud it shook our house!” one reader wrote. “We thought a sheet of ice came off of our roof onto the deck or our roof had collapsed, but after further investigation we could find nothing amiss.”
Not everyone agreed that it’s a meteor, however. NBC4 meteorologist Jym Ganahl said every contact he’s heard about the bang was writing from an area that got some layer of ice earlier this week.
“I’m 100 percent certain that it’s ice,” he said. “It’s only the areas that had a lot of ice. None have been from areas with just snow.”
Hansen did offer one idea, but not one that would explain the noise over such a large area.
He described a phenomenon called a “frostquake,” in which water seeping into the ground and freezing can cause the earth to break up and create localized bangs.
the full story at
http://tangotwo.blogspot.com/2007/02/update-last-nights-big-bang-might-be.html
Frostquake, meteor or what was the noise in Ohio?
Here is additional information for this enigma mystery.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
UPDATE: Last night's 'big bang' might be a meteor
Mike Hansen, director of the Ohio Seismic Network, said there’s no evidence to suggest an earthquake could have caused the bang, especially not over the range specified. NBC-4 has fielded calls from Fairfield, Muskingum and Pickaway counties, and the National Weather Service heard similar tales from Cincinnati, Wilmington and Lebanon. CASSIOPEDIA History Channel Daily Bleed IMDB NY Times How To
“The type of waves that I see is not earthquake-type stuff. What bothers me is we don’t see it anywhere else,” Hansen said. “Right now this is mysterious to me.”
The National Weather Service’s station in Wilmington is equally lost, especially after hearing calls from the Cincinnati area. The only common factor is that each area was affected by Tuesday’s ice storm.
“It definitely wasn’t thunder,” a meteorologist there said. “We’re kind of stumped on that ourselves.”
Readers of NewarkAdvocate.com reported similar stories — a bang loud enough to shake houses, but with nothing apparently wrong afterward.
“We live in Indian Hills (west of Granville off Ohio 16) and the explosion at approximately 9 p.m. was so loud it shook our house!” one reader wrote. “We thought a sheet of ice came off of our roof onto the deck or our roof had collapsed, but after further investigation we could find nothing amiss.”
Not everyone agreed that it’s a meteor, however. NBC4 meteorologist Jym Ganahl said every contact he’s heard about the bang was writing from an area that got some layer of ice earlier this week.
“I’m 100 percent certain that it’s ice,” he said. “It’s only the areas that had a lot of ice. None have been from areas with just snow.”
Hansen did offer one idea, but not one that would explain the noise over such a large area.
He described a phenomenon called a “frostquake,” in which water seeping into the ground and freezing can cause the earth to break up and create localized bangs.
the full story at
http://tangotwo.blogspot.com/2007/02/update-last-nights-big-bang-might-be.html
Friday, February 16, 2007
Underground Plumbing on Mars
Mars once was thought to be dead. Much evidence seems to suggest a different story in the past and may be even presently. Read more
Underground Plumbing System Discovered on Mars
By Ker Than
Staff Writer
posted: 15 February 2007
02:00 pm ET
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070215_candor_chasma.html
Underground Plumbing System Discovered on Mars
By Ker Than
Staff Writer
posted: 15 February 2007
02:00 pm ET
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070215_candor_chasma.html
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Meteorites that come from Mercury?
There was a movie called "8 degrees below" about some arctic dogs left stranded in Antartica. Two guys went hunting for meteorites that supposedly came from Mercury.
One guy found such a meteorite. In any case, I had never of such a thing. I guess I missed some possible clues from 2002. Read below
Friday, 17 May, 2002, 08:37 GMT 09:37 UK![]()
One guy found such a meteorite. In any case, I had never of such a thing. I guess I missed some possible clues from 2002. Read below
Friday, 17 May, 2002, 08:37 GMT 09:37 UK
Mercury meteorite puzzle
Comets striking each other kicking up dust around star?
Comet clash kicks up dusty haze
Collisions between comets may be kicking up copious amounts of dust observed around a dead star.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6357765.stm
Collisions between comets may be kicking up copious amounts of dust observed around a dead star.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6357765.stm
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Very interesting new information about meteorite investigation study from India
Very interesting new information about meteorite investigation study from India
A meteorite that fell in Piplia Kalan, a western Rajasthan village, has changed the way scientists think about the birth of the solar system.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20070223001109000.htm
A meteorite that fell in Piplia Kalan, a western Rajasthan village, has changed the way scientists think about the birth of the solar system.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20070223001109000.htm
Tornadoes start to spawn even now Likely tornado kills New Orleans woman
Even in Febuary severe storms and even tornadoes begin to spawn and cause havoc.
POSTED: 1843 GMT (0243 HKT), February 13, 2007
www.cnn.com/WEATHER/9904/04/la.tornado.02/index.html
POSTED: 1843 GMT (0243 HKT), February 13, 2007
www.cnn.com/WEATHER/9904/04/la.tornado.02/index.html
Lunar eclipse 3/3/2007
Lunar eclipses are not as spectacular as total solar eclipses but the events are still interesting to observe. Lunar eclipse will take place on March 3, 2007. Moon becomes red, orange, brownish depending upon the refraction of the light rays in the atmosphere (volcanic dust etc).
This one however won't be viewed in its entirety though throughout the world. Some countries you only see part of the events as in Kansas.
More info
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/12feb_lunareclipse.htm
more info
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html
Dr. Eric Flescher (kcstarguy@aol.com), Olathe, KS: E.O.A.S. (Earth, Oceans, Atmosphere and Space) Blog -<http://eoas-dreric1kansas.blogspot.com/
This one however won't be viewed in its entirety though throughout the world. Some countries you only see part of the events as in Kansas.
More info
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/12feb_lunareclipse.htm
more info
http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html
Dr. Eric Flescher (kcstarguy@aol.com), Olathe, KS: E.O.A.S. (Earth, Oceans, Atmosphere and Space) Blog -<http://eoas-dreric1kansas.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
New powerful microscope looks more closely inside meteorite far better then ever better
New powerful microscope looks more closely inside meteorites , far better then ever done previously
Paul is studying the molecular structure of minerals in a meteorite and is using the synchrotron to see details so small no one will have seen them before.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2007/february/news_10451.html
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Sunday, February 4, 2007
The next Martian lander named Pheonix
This lander will to land with jets instead of bouncing around in a shell as the Rovers did. Read more
Phoenix Lander Readied For Mars Exploration
By Leonard David
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/070201_phoenix_update.html
Phoenix Lander Readied For Mars Exploration
By Leonard David
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/070201_phoenix_update.html
amino acid and Searching for micro-Martians
Do the present Mars Rovers and Mars viking landers looked for Amino Acids? But this is the first I have heard of two types of amino acids " right and left handed" amino acids. Lots of conjecture about missing or not profiling the right data that could show true data. Read more at the link
Searching for micro-Martians
Marine chemist's device could help determine if there is life on Mars.
Searching for micro-Martians
Marine chemist's device could help determine if there is life on Mars.
Saturday, February 3, 2007
"Meteorites are to planetary scientists what fossils are to archeologists or ice cores are to climatologists"
I liked the way this article started off saying "Meteorites are to planetary scientists what fossils are to archeologists or ice cores are to climatologists."
This article is more about the Tagish British Columbia meteorites ( I have a sample) that are being examined for a better understand of our Solar System. Their discover and what will come about through their examination is quite interesting.
http://www.fordham.edu/campus_resources/public_affairs/inside_fordham/january_19_2007/in_focus_faculty_and/on_the_cosmos_and_ch_24714.asp
This article is more about the Tagish British Columbia meteorites ( I have a sample) that are being examined for a better understand of our Solar System. Their discover and what will come about through their examination is quite interesting.
http://www.fordham.edu/campus_resources/public_affairs/inside_fordham/january_19_2007/in_focus_faculty_and/on_the_cosmos_and_ch_24714.asp
"Meteorites are to planetary scientists what fossils are to archeologists or ice cores are to climatologists"
I liked the way this article started off saying "Meteorites are to planetary scientists what fossils are to archeologists or ice cores are to climatologists."
This article is more about the Tagish British Columbia meteorites ( I have a sample) that are being examined for a better understand of our Solar System. Their discover and what will come about through their examination is quite interesting.
http://www.fordham.edu/campus_resources/public_affairs/inside_fordham/january_19_2007/in_focus_faculty_and/on_the_cosmos_and_ch_24714.asp
This article is more about the Tagish British Columbia meteorites ( I have a sample) that are being examined for a better understand of our Solar System. Their discover and what will come about through their examination is quite interesting.
http://www.fordham.edu/campus_resources/public_affairs/inside_fordham/january_19_2007/in_focus_faculty_and/on_the_cosmos_and_ch_24714.asp
Why do storms approach tornadic level and increase?
Why do storms approach tornadic level and if they do , when do these tornadoes increase their vicious cycle of rampage?
Good explanation in this article
Supercells: tornadoes that last
By Curtis Krueger and Graham Brink
Published February 3,2007
Good explanation in this article
Supercells: tornadoes that last
By Curtis Krueger and Graham Brink
Published February 3,2007
The brightest comet that nobody (hardly anyone) saw
It was difficult to get out the word to local newspapers, TVstations, USAtoday.I tried .
Yes the comet caught us all by surprise. There was not much time for many of us to view it before the comet got close to the Sun and could only be seen in the daytime(!) or then the Southern Hemisphere .
But those who saw it here in Northern Hemisphere it was a nice show although not as splendid as those in the south. But as they say beggars can be choosers.
More here at this linked article below and earlier in January on my blog
The brightest comet that nobody saw
The Republican - Springfield,MA,USA
Among the least predictable of celestial occurrences are comets. Last month, a comet did something truly remarkable: It went from being virtually unknown, ...
http://www.masslive.com/living/republican/index.ssf?/base/living-1/1170408686138320.xml&coll=1
Dr. Eric Flescher (kcstarguy@aol.com), Olathe, KS: E.O.A.S. (Earth, Oceans, Atmosphere and Space) Blog -<http://eoas-dreric1kansas.blogspot.com/
Yes the comet caught us all by surprise. There was not much time for many of us to view it before the comet got close to the Sun and could only be seen in the daytime(!) or then the Southern Hemisphere .
But those who saw it here in Northern Hemisphere it was a nice show although not as splendid as those in the south. But as they say beggars can be choosers.
More here at this linked article below and earlier in January on my blog
The brightest comet that nobody saw
The Republican - Springfield,MA,USA
Among the least predictable of celestial occurrences are comets. Last month, a comet did something truly remarkable: It went from being virtually unknown, ...
http://www.masslive.com/living/republican/index.ssf?/base/living-1/1170408686138320.xml&coll=1
Dr. Eric Flescher (kcstarguy@aol.com), Olathe, KS: E.O.A.S. (Earth, Oceans, Atmosphere and Space) Blog -<http://eoas-dreric1kansas.blogspot.com/
Meteorite lands in Turkey
Following a series of booming noises and bright multicolored flashes in the sky reported by people , a meteorite landed in Turkey.
See the interesting pictures and more info
See the interesting pictures and more info
Friday, February 2, 2007
New Fujita scale
A new Fujita scale has been devised to enhance the original scale that takes into several factors to finalize the severity of a tornado stike.
Powerful Storms Kill at Least 14 in Florida
Tornadoes at night are not good especially when storms find trailer
2007-02-02 13:19:23
Powerful Storms Kill at Least 14 in Florida
At least 14 people were killed early Friday as severe thunderstorms and at least one tornado struck central Florida, flattening hundreds of homes and a church, causing power outages and lifting a tractor trailer into the air, officials said.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-02-02T170432Z_01_N02388360_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-TORNADO-DEAD.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C1-topNews-3
2007-02-02 13:19:23
Powerful Storms Kill at Least 14 in Florida
At least 14 people were killed early Friday as severe thunderstorms and at least one tornado struck central Florida, flattening hundreds of homes and a church, causing power outages and lifting a tractor trailer into the air, officials said.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-02-02T170432Z_01_N02388360_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-TORNADO-DEAD.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C1-topNews-3
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