[ RadSafe ] Perseid shower plus some fireballs

[Dan McCarn]

Hi Maury:

I was contacted by a lady in Santa Fe, New Mexico who had meteor fragments
fall in her back yard last week in a pyrotechnic display.  I apparently was
the closest geologist!  She collected fragments which appear to be
nickel-iron. I've not seen the samples, but I asked her to see if they
reacted to a magnet.  She reported that they did!

Dan ii

Dan W McCarn, Geologist
108 Sherwood Blvd
Los Alamos, NM 87544-3425
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On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Maury <maurysis at peoplepc.com> wrote:

> Apologize for off topic, but believe many will enjoy the Perseids this
> year -- they're getting better now.
> Cheers,
> Maury&Dog [MaurySiskel  maurysis at peoplepc.com]
> =================================
>
> Space Weather News for August 4, 2014
> http://spaceweather.com
>
> METEOR ACTIVITY: Meteor activity is increasing as Earth plunges deeper
> into the debris stream of Comet Swift-Tuttle, source of the annual Perseid
> meteor shower. Last night alone, NASA cameras recorded more than a dozen
> Perseid fireballs along with one sporadic bolide (exploding meteor) that
> might have dropped pieces of itself over the southeastern USA.
> Visithttp://spaceweather.com  for video and observing tips.
>
> CHANCE OF FLARES: Sunspot AR2130 is directly facing Earth and it has a
> complex 'delta-class' magnetic field that harbors energy for strong flares.
>  X-flare alerts are available fromhttp://spaceweathertext.com  (text)
> andhttp://spaceweatherphone.com  (voice).
>
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