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Re: Looking for Meteorites with Infrared binoculars

To: GeoZay@aol.com
Subject: Re: Looking for Meteorites with Infrared binoculars
From: Michael Blood <mblood@access1.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:51:53 +0000
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GeoZay@aol.com wrote:
>(snip) after watching some video of various pilots seeking out 
>military tanks using infrared goggles or binoculars, has anyone
> here tried looking for iron meteorites with similar equipment?
> The iron tanks glowed from the heat it gave off at night and
> appeared to be easily noticed. It would seem that someone could
> scan various isolated terrain such as mountains, desert sands, 
>dry lakes etc and see the heat emitting from iron meteorites if
> they were
> present?
> George Zay
-----------------
George,
	The reason tanks show up on infrared binoculars is they are radiating
heat from running their engines earlier AND they have humans inside with
98.6 degrees F radiating their interior. Iron meteorites have neither of
these factors.
	Best wishes, Michael

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