Hard to determine relative sizes without a reference.
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| Record meteorite hits Norway -- impact comparable to the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima |
| 2006-06-09 |
| Afternposten At around 2:05 a.m. on Wednesday, residents of the northern part of Troms and the western areas of Finnmark could clearly see a ball of fire taking several seconds to travel across the sky. A few minutes later an impact could be heard and geophysics and seismology research foundation NORSAR registered a powerful sound and seismic disturbances at 02:13.25 a.m. at their station in Karasjok. . . . [Astronomer Knut Jørgen] Røed Ødegaard said the meteorite was visible to an area of several hundred kilometers despite the brightness of the midnight sunlit summer sky. The meteorite hit a mountainside in Reisadalen in North Troms. "This is simply exceptional. I cannot imagine that we have had such a powerful meteorite impact in Norway in modern times. If the meteorite was as large as it seems to have been, we can compare it to the Hiroshima bomb. Of course the meteorite is not radioactive, but in explosive force we may be able to compare it to the (atomic) bomb," Røed Ødegaard said. Cool photo at the link. How do you say "Incoming!" in Norwegian, anyway? |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #7 Here is a picture of the impact zone: Hard to determine relative sizes without a reference. |
| Posted by: DanNY 2006-06-09 22:38 |
| #6 True Madonna fans knew about the meteor, didn't everybody + FBI-CIA-NSA??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-06-09 21:51 |
| #5 Sorry Spook, not this time. Let's just let yesterday's event settle in for awhile. Besides, Satan is having a hell of a time inboarding my latest problem child so things are backed up at the River Styx. He was the anti-me you know. Nice touch with the crater ejecta forming a cross, yes? Wow, look at the space-time continuum. Prayers are stacking up and I need to get back to beating the pants off of Einstein in a craps game - gotta run. Love you all - stay in touch. |
| Posted by: GOD 2006-06-09 21:13 |
| #4 Umm, God? Put a bit more easting windage and drop the aimpoint south quite a bit. That ought to bring the impact where we needed it, say, right around Tehran or Qom. Sincerely, one of your FO's. |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2006-06-09 18:48 |
| #3 Too bad this thing didn't come down inside Iran (preferably smack on top of Qom or Tehran or even Nahjif or wherever their underground nuke bunker is). 'Course, that woulda' been Bush's fault too. Big rocks can make big dents in the countryside. Obviously the asteroid watchers missed this one. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2006-06-09 18:11 |
| #2 We could always hope Mullah Krekar decided to take a walk that fine evening... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-06-09 17:38 |
| #1 Who gives a rat's ass. We got Zarkawi!!!!!!!!!! |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-06-09 17:30 |