[meteorite-list] Orange Dust

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:57:42 -0500
Message-ID: <A279F420768C48AB93F6026842855364_at_ATARIENGINE2>

Hi, Mike, List,

My first suggestion would be that it comes
from the (seasonal) passage of large insect
swarms. No idea as to species, but it might
be a variant of the famous "Yellow Rain."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_rain
Since the color comes from pollen and the
color of the pollen varies with the plant
species, "Orange Rain" seems perfectly
plausible. It is an irregular occurrence in
any one locale (insect routes and size of
swarm vary considerably).


Sterling K. Webb
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From: "Mike Hankey" <mike.hankey at gmail.com>
To: "meteoritelist" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:34 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Orange Dust


> This report came from a farmer. I don't have an answer for it (its
> probably BS), but I wanted to throw it out there.
>
> Guy is in the area. He had some meteor wrongs. While I was there, he
> said he had noticed a strange 'orange/rust colored dust' that showed
> up one day covering the top of one of his large gardens. It was a
> pretty huge garden and there was orange dust all over it. Most of it
> had washed away by the time I got there, but there were still spots
> that had it. I took a sample but haven't done anything with it.
>
> Guy said he has been farming the same land for close to 10 years and
> had never noticed it. I talked to his Dad too, and he said he farmed
> for 50 years in the area and never noticed something like that.
>
> Is it possible this could be meteor dust? I know this is a long shot.
> Maybe its just something in the ground and they never noticed it until
> they heard about the meteor. Just wanted to know if anyone had ever
> heard of anything like this before / if something like this is
> possible.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
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