[meteorite-list] Using an airship to spot good search areas

From: dorifry <dorifry_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 17:17:46 -0400
Message-ID: <E19497735E004CE7842136CD93CF77B1_at_DoriPC>

They're looking for the million dollar mother-lode.

Phil Whitmer
Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thunder Stone" <stanleygregr at hotmail.com>
To: "Matson, Robert D." <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>; "met-list"
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Using an airship to spot good search areas


> Could they be trying to take images to generate an image of a possible
> strewn field. Then try And locate possible areas to hunt. I think a birds
> eye view like this would be helpful, although, they could use Google.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: Matson, Robert D.
> Sent: 3 May 2012 19:53:54 GMT
> To: met-list
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Using an airship to spot good search areas
>
> Hi All,
>
> Surely this line from the story in the Sacramento Bee cannot be right
> (or at the very least it is misleading):
>
> "The team will use cameras and binoculars to look for burn patches on
> the ground, then direct ground crews to those locations to hunt for
> meteorite particles. The search is expected to continue on Friday."
>
> I just assumed that the airship would be used to identify promising
> search areas on the ground that were less vegetated. I can't imagine
> there are many areas under the fall that just happen to be burned
> (i.e. clear of vegation, allowing very small meteorites to be seen).
> Who would have been doing all the burning? --Rob
>
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