Showing posts with label Egypt impact crater. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Egypt impact crater. Show all posts

19 January 2011

Egypt Meteor/Meteorite News - Kamil Crater Discovery: New Video 19JAN2010

Kamil Impact Crater, Egypt
(c) 2011http://www.zerzuraclub.org 

Kamil_video.avi


posted on YouTube by tartare4 | July 23, 2010  261 Views

New Video Announced Below!

Approaching the second anniversary of the Kamil Crater Discovery (19 February
 
2009) I put online a new video about this important finding:
Website:
http://www.zerzuraclub.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=120:il-kamil-crater&catid=35:contenuti





The 2010 expedition is described at the Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide website.


A video clip (Quicktime, 9MB) of the expedition kindly provided by Mario di Martino.


And:


Movie Download:http://www.zerzuraclub.org/images/stories/kamilweb/kamil_find_20090219.mov
Giancarlo Negro, http://www.zerzuraclub.org 

08 December 2010

نيزك Meteor/Meteorite News 8DEC2010

تقوم وزارة الدولة لشئون البيئة حاليا بإتخاذ إجراءات إعلان منطقة ( نيزك جبل كامل ) كمحمية طبيعية والتى تقع على الحدود المصرية السودانية خط عرض 22 و شرق جبل العوينات بحوالى 120كم تمهيدا لإعلانه على مواقع التراث الفلكي العالمى فى إطار اتفاقية التراث العالمي التابعة لمنطقة اليونسكو. ... The Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs is taking action declaration of the zone (meteor whole mountain) as a nature reserve, which lies on the Egyptian-Sudanese border line width of 22 and east of Mount Owainat about 120 km in preparation for the announcement of the heritage sites astronomical world in the framework of the World Heritage Convention of the UNESCO. ... (original story in Arabic) البيئة تستعد لإعلان منطقة (نيزك جبل كامل) محمية طبيعية
http://dostor.org/society-and-people/variety/10/november/14/31959


Wikipedia article about Gebel Kamil impact crater: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamil_Crater

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UPI.com
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24 July 2010

Meteor/Meteorite News 24JUL10

Southern Cross Stargazer
MiamiHerald.com
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Will chip off an old rock yield secrets of the universe and our planet
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Meteor Crater Discovered With Google Earth
Wired News Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:03 PM PDT
Researchers poring over Google Earth images discover one of Earthâs freshest impact craters -- a 45-meter-wide pock in southwestern Egypt that probably was excavated by a fast-moving iron meteorite no more than a few thousand years ago. ...

Meteorite Impact Crater Found with Google Earth
Discovery News Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:56 AM PDT
The massive pock in southwestern Egypt was created no more than a few thousand years ago. ...

Impact Crater Found In The Sahara Desert
redOrbit Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:11 AM PDT
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Summer meteor shower season in full swing
msnbc.com
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Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Gebel Kamil
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tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=52031

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Discovery News
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Scientists Use Google Earth to Spot a Meteor Crater in Egypt
Discover Magazine (blog)
Earth's weather quickly erodes a crater's structures, making it difficult to determine how exactly a meteorite struck. The Kamil crater, study leader Luigi ...

New Trove of Iron Meteorites
Sky & Telescope
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