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Re: (meteorobs) arizona impact
At 06:06 AM 8/3/01 -0500, you wrote:
>While surfing channels last night.... CNN news had a report of a meteorite
>that struck in a trailer park in Arizona. Anyone know any more about it?
>Tom
Hello Tom,
The supposed meteorite turned out to be a Fulgurite, from a lighting strike
which also took out a nearby power transformer (we have had thunderstorms
in the evening much of this week). The incident was investigated by David
Kring of this laboratory.
Regards,
Jim
P.S. for a description to of a Fulgurite, see:
http://www.mountwashington.org/notebook/transcripts/1999/03/22.html
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