Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News- NASA`s Earth Observatory 5AUG09

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (04 August 2009)
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Latest Images:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/

* Chernobyl, Ukraine
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39679&src=eoa-iotd

* Hundreds of Thousands of Acres Burning in Interior Alaska
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39639&src=eoa-iotd

* Teide Volcano, Canary Islands, Spain
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39621&src=eoa-iotd

* Dust Storm over Iraq
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39600&src=eoa-iotd

* Smoke from Fires in Russia and Alaska
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39579&src=eoa-iotd

* Heavy Rains in Southern Japan
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39584&src=eoa-iotd

* Novaya Zemlya
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39591&src=eoa-iotd

* Carajás Mine, Brazil
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=39581&src=eoa-iotd

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NASA News:

* NASA and NOAA's GOES-14 Satellite Takes First Full Disk Image
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39642&src=eoa-nnews

* NASA's CloudSat Captures a Sideways Look at Fading Lana
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39643&src=eoa-nnews

* NASA's Moon Mapper Beholds Home
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39644&src=eoa-nnews

* Researchers Link Tiny Sea Creatures to Large-Scale Ocean Mixing
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39653&src=eoa-nnews

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Headlines from the press, radio, and television:

* Uncertainties Surround Future Monsoons
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39655&src=eoa-hnews

* Jellyfish Help to Stir the Ocean
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39656&src=eoa-hnews

* Bolivia's Indians Feel the Heat
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39657&src=eoa-hnews

* Woodlands 'Losing Biodiversity'
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39658&src=eoa-hnews

* Incan Empire Aided by Global Warming
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39659&src=eoa-hnews

* Ancient Lava Flow Photographed from Space
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39660&src=eoa-hnews

* Ancient Rocky Structures Built by Microbes
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39661&src=eoa-hnews

* Sahara Desert Greening Due to Climate Change?
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39662&src=eoa-hnews

* Tracking Alien Species with Smart Phones
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39663&src=eoa-hnews

* Alaska's Biggest Tundra Fire Sparks Climate Warning
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39664&src=eoa-hnews

* Drilling Deep into an Ocean Fault
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39665&src=eoa-hnews

* Ancient Ocean Temperatures Could Predict Climate Change
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39606&src=eoa-hnews

* Getting a Grip on Greenland's Future
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39607&src=eoa-hnews

* Wall Could Stop Desert Spread
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39608&src=eoa-hnews

* Clouds in Climate's Vicious Cycle
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39609&src=eoa-hnews

* Mapping America's Giant Trees
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39610&src=eoa-hnews

* Why Raindrops Come in Many Sizes
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39611&src=eoa-hnews

* Mystery Blob Leaves Scientists Puzzled
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39612&src=eoa-hnews

* New Study Backs UN Panel on Ocean Rise
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39613&src=eoa-hnews

* Formula Found to Explain Earth's Evenly Spaced Valleys
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39614&src=eoa-hnews

* Comet Impacts Triggered Ice Age Extinctions?
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39615&src=eoa-hnews

* Light Brings Lakes to Life
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39616&src=eoa-hnews

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Press releases from institutions that either address climate research or are NASA-funded.

* Wildfires Set to Increase 50 Percent by 2050
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39650&src=eoa-manews

* Large Trees Declining in Yosemite
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39651&src=eoa-manews

* Douglas-Fir, Geoducks Make Strange Bedfellows in Studying Climate Change
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39652&src=eoa-manews

* Scientists Discover Amazon River is 11 Million Years Old
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39654&src=eoa-manews

* Smaller Than Expected, but Severe, Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39617&src=eoa-manews

* Earliest Animals Lived in a Lake Environment
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39618&src=eoa-manews

* Study Sheds Light on Earthquake Hazard along San Andreas Fault
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/view.php?id=39619&src=eoa-manews

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 5AUG09

Caesar Creek Meteor Shower Campout set for August 8

La Prensa
Beginning at 7:00 PM, Caesar Creek will host a meteor shower program at the main state park beach. The Miami Valley Astronomical Society will provide an ...

SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Shuttle Sparks, Mars Rock, More
National Geographic Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:10 PM PDT
See a possible meteorite on Mars, a space shuttle on an electric morning, an astronaut's-eye view of dusk on Earth, and more in the week's best space pictures.

Meteorite collection rocks up at auction house in Capital The Scotsman Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:26 AM PDT THE largest collection of meteorites in Britain is to go to the highest bidder at the Capital's Lyon and Turnbull auction house this month.

Rover Opportunity findet bislang größten Meteoriten auf dem Mars

grenzwissenschaft-aktuell.de - Germany
Pasadena/ USA - Auf dem Roten Planeten ist der NASA-Rover "Opportunity" auf den bislang größten Meteoriten gestoßen, der je auf dem Mars entdeckt wurde. ...

A Meteorite on Mars

Discovery News
NASA's robotic Mars geologist may have stumbled on pay dirt -- a two-foot diameter rock that scientists suspect is meteorite. Scientists first spotted the ...

Expanding Spot on Venus Puzzles Astronomers

PhysOrg.com
(PhysOrg.com) -- The expanding spot discovered on Venus last month may not have garnered as much attention as the meteor impact with Jupiter, but its cause ...

Amateur astronomer discovers meteor impact on Jupiter

Neowin
A backyard astronomer has discovered that Jupiter was recently impacted by an asteroid or a commet leaving a large mark on the surface of the planet. ...

¿Meteorito en Marte?

InfoBAE.com - Buenos Aires,Buenos Aires,Argentina
El llano está plagado de pequeñas rocas que se creen procedentes del impacto del meteorito que originó el cráter Victoria, de unos 800 metros de diámetro. ...

2009: a space oddity in mystery Mars rock

Sydney Morning Herald
A METEORITE, according to the Australian Oxford Dictionary, is ''a rock or metal fragment formed from a meteor of sufficient size to reach the Earth's ...

NASA analisa maior meteorito de Marte

Info Online - São Paulo,SP,Brazil
Batizado de Block Island, o meteorito é o maior já encontrado em Marte, com 60 centímetros de largura e 30 centímetros de altura. ...

Library To Have Viewing Of Annual Meteor Shower

Hartford Courant
WINDSOR LOCKS — - The Windsor Locks Public Library will be holding a viewing on the front lawn of the annual Perseids meteor shower at 7 pm on Saturday. ...

Meteorite collection rocks up at auction house in Capital

Edinburgh Evening News
THE largest collection of meteorites in Britain is to go to the highest bidder at the Capital's Lyon and Turnbull auction house this month. ...

Un meteorito en Marte del tamaño de un balón de playa

elmundo.es - Madrid,Madrid,Spain
El Vehículo de exploración Opportunity ha descubierto el mayor meteorito hallado en la superficie de Marte hasta el momento. Es un fragmento de hierro, ...

Opportunity rover finds possible meteorite on Mars

Scientific American
The 0.6-meter rock, dubbed Block Island [detail below], would not be the first meteorite discovered on Mars by the rover, but would be notable for its size. ...

STAR TRAK

Indiana University
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Summer's silent fireworks will light up the sky when the annual Perseid meteor shower peaks before dawn on Aug. 12 and 13. ...

Opportunity - Two-for-Two, Discovers Second Martian Meteorite

Examiner.com
Another thing that Opportunity appears to be really good at finding is meteorites - she recently found her second one. Opportunity found her first meteorite ...

Rock creations

Taylor Daily Press
Wendland once found a meteorite weighing three pounds in the dirt of one of his fields, and sent off a sample to be tested upon learning that one could get ...