[meteorite-list] Meteorite main mass hunting with a blimp

From: Richard Montgomery <rickmont_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 07:55:49 -0700
Message-ID: <2A408725E474401F887F5D892BC1BD76_at_bosoheadPC>

Historically the tall grass in our foothills turns completely brown by
mid-May, just in time for all the fox-tails and rattlesnakes....chap time.
It doesn't take long after the first October (sometimes September) rains to
knock the tall brown grasses down...then there is about a month or two
before the new green begins to blush-up (gold-detectors also know this
time-zone as 'detecting-season').

Granted, the grass is tall, but it'll be easier to see through when dry.
The biggest trouble will be matting-down, as it will begin to lay
horizontal.

Good fortune to whoever's still up here. I hope to run into anyone who is.

Richard Montgomery




----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Farmer" <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
To: "Matson, Robert D." <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
Cc: "met-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite main mass hunting with a blimp


> And absolutely useless for a meteorite hunt. What a waste of taxpayer
> money. And they can't pay a penny for the stones people
> find?..............
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 3, 2012, at 12:44 PM, "Matson, Robert D."
> <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Martin,
>>
>> I've actually been aboard a zeppelin just like this one while using it
>> for
>> radar phenomenology studies in southern California about a decade ago.
>> It's
>> a very cool ride, and certainly among the more unique modes of
>> transportation
>> that you can take! --Rob
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
>> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of karmaka
>> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 12:34 PM
>> To: met-list
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite main mass hunting with a blimp
>>
>> Watch out for the blimp !
>>
>> A new way of hunting the Sutter's Mill 'main mass':
>>
>> " Scientists today are mounting a massive search in the Sierra Nevada
>> foothills for meteorite fragments [...] Experts from NASA and the SETI
>> institute are en route to Sacramento this morning aboard a zeppelin
>> provided by Airship Ventures, based at Moffett Field in the Bay Area.
>> They were expected to stop briefly at McClellan Park airfield around 11
>> a.m., then lift off again to spend the afternoon surveying foothill
>> regions of Placer and El Dorado counties. "
>>
>> http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/03/4463578/scientists-on-the-hunt-for-meteorite.html
>>
>> Track the ship here:
>>
>> http://www.airshipventures.com/about/track-the-ship
>>
>> GOOD LUCK !!
>>
>> Martin
>>
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