[meteorite-list] The Galaxy to Dust, Animal House and Odds

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:27:47 2004
Message-ID: <3FB0F23B.3040204_at_fascination.com>

Dear All,
My favorite nano-comparison is "we are possibly to be found to all be as
tiny little fleas on the dogs back of life." That being a great big
black dog, preferably a lab, of course!
Dave F.
mjwy/IMCA#3864

meteoriteshow wrote:

>Hello John,
>
>I just took a look at my e-mails while drinking my coffee, and had a nice
>trip thanks to you. It's really nice and makes me think about my feelings
>when in the middle of the Sahara Desert... Feeling small but at the same
>time part of something huge, and therefore not feeling afraid. It's only a
>matter of scale (as long as nothing serious happens) !
>Thanks John.
>
>Kind regards
>
>Frederic Beroud
>www.meteoriteshow.com
>IMCA #2491
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <j.divelbiss_at_att.net>
>To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 1:03 AM
>Subject: [meteorite-list] The Galaxy to Dust, Animal House and Odds
>
>
>>Hello All,
>>
>>While I was watching the visual transitions in powers of ten of the solar
>>system at the cool website below...I was reminded of Donald Sutherland's
>>partying professor story line about our solar system...that we could
>>
>actually
>
>>be in an atom located in some other beings fingernail. Far out...maybe
>>
>it's
>
>>true.
>>
>>Also, after looking at this model/concept...I pondered...What are the odds
>>
>of
>
>>a high speed meteorite from a very large orbiting comet of actually
>>
>falling
>
>>on a leaf in Florida? '''''''About the same as finding a meteorite in the
>>talus fields on the south facing slides of certain mountain s out west, in
>>the state of...ah, ah never mind...I don't know why I said that.
>>
>>
>http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
>
>>enjoy,
>>
>>John
>>
>>
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