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Hi Kevin and all,

Nice post and look forward to the continuation. If I might add people can
read about this Nininger beginning and others where the Nininger Moments
reside here: https://www.meteorite.com/nininger-moment-1/

Best!

--AL Mitterling

On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 3:20?PM Kevin Kichinka via Meteorite-list <
meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:

> Autumn leaves were not the only thing falling the night of November 9,
> 1923 when the original 'Meteorite Man' Harvey Nininger paused in front of
> the home of fellow teacher E.L.Craik after they attended an event on the
> campus of McPherson College.
>
> "Suddenly a blazing stream of fire p?erced the sky, lighting the landscape
> as though Nature had pressed a giant electric switch." (from *'Find a
> Falling Star'*)
>
> Harvey bent down and drew a line on the sidewalk to preserve the direction
> of flight. Then he told his friend that he was going to find that
> meteorite.
>
> "Do something that needs doing" was Nininger's *leitmotif*.  Searching
> for falling stars was yet to become a serious endeavor.
>
> *************************************
>
> Earth's last six trips around a yellow dwarf star have been uneventful on
> a cosmic level. I have mostly enjoyed the ride. As I approach my 72nd
> season what's left for me will be less adventure and more reflection of
> those I experienced.
>
> Tomorrow marks the beginning of my only adventure that qualifies as
> 'unworldly'. It arrived with a bang......
>
> Aguas Zarcas - Meteorito Hist?rico na Costa Rica
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JfnqM6leuo>
>
> To be continued tomorrow...
>
> Kevin Kichinka
> Reporting from a mountain top in western Costa Rica
> 'The Art of Collecting Meteorites' available on Amazon
> MARSROX @gmail.com
>
>
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