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(meteorobs) Huge Meteor Impact on Greenland?
The below message was posted on aol tonight. Can't vouch for anything here and
I don't know anything about this...just passing it along.
George Zay
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>>Subj: [M]: OT: Huge meteor impact on Greenland ?
Date: 97-12-12 06:24:01 EST
From: henrikp@image.dk (Henrik Persson)
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Since this could well be an incident of some significance, I dare disturb
you with this off topic subject :-)
Two days ago the Danish news channels had reports of a giant flash seen by
many people along 2000km of Greenland's west coast early on December 9th.. A
video from an outdoor surveillance camera was also shown on TV. Based on
interviews with several observers it was concluded that the meteorite
probably was lost in the sea.
One would think the matter closed, but now reports from the thinly populated
east coast and from ships off the coast begin to trickle in. These also tell
of a very bright light, a weather station has even observed a smoke column.
Locals in Angmassalik talk about a discololoration of the sky as never seen
before. If weather permits a plane will be sent to the area later today -
several plots indicate the impact site to be 61N 43W. So the theory goes
that the meteorite observed at the west coast was a fragment of a much
larger meteorite hitting the east coast.
These are all third or fourth hand informations - BUT I have seen NOAA 14
satelite images of Greenland showing some very unusual features. I am not an
expert, but I have seen many satelite images of Greenland and have never
seen anything quite like this. If this really is an impact, it is of huge
dimensions. I would estimate the size of the plume(?) to be 7000 square
kilometers reaching high in the atmosphere !
However before jumping to any conclusions, it could fun if someone with more
skill in interpreting satelite images (Todd ?) would take a look. You'll
find them at http://www.sat.dundee.acdot uk/abin/browse/avhrr/1997/12/9/ go for
the 14.24 passage and be sure to view several channels (I suggest 2,3 and
4). The images are free but the site requires a userid and a password, which
can be obtained by following the instructions. The images are not full
resolution - if anyone have access to a full resolution image of the area
Todd, again ?), I'd like to see a copy.
Greetings
Henrik<<