Showing posts with label Morocco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Morocco. Show all posts

21 February 2016

Meteor Observed: NE Coast of Morocco, Friday 19 Feb 2016, 19:06Z

Meteor Observed: NE Coast of Morocco, Friday 19 Feb 2016, 19:06Z
reported by meteordetective
"Fireball observed over Morocco on 19 Feb. 2016, at 19h 06 m UT. The event was recorded by several meteor observing stations operated by the University of Huelva in Spain."
Direction of travel: NNW -> SSE, Descent angle: +/- 30 degrees. Approx Lat/Long: 35.65N,4.90W.
Posted to YouTube by Meteors.

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www.meteoroides.net/Universidad de Huelva

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27 December 2012

Breaking News - Mega ice meteor(ite) falls in Morocco

Fact or Fiction -

Mega ice meteor lands in Morocco

EuroNews.com
A Moroccan farmer got the shock of his life when a giant snowball fell to earth leaving a half metre hole in his land. ... (see video)


لغز كرة ثلجية بالخميسات


Original Story from Moroc Press with different video:

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&u=http://hespress.com/orbites/68965.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3DMegacryometeor%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26tbo%3Dd%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D746%26tbs%3Dqdr:d&sa=X&ei=s33bUMSlAamImQWjkYGQBw&ved=0CEsQ7gEwBA

For more information about mega ice "meteors"
Megacryometeor - Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megacryometeor

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15 October 2012

Early Arab Study of Meteor Showers - New Publication

New additional material of meteor showers during 9th -19th centuries in the Islamic history
Hassan M. Basurah
Cornell University Library
(Submitted on 15 Oct 2012)
This article presents twelve records of meteor showers in Arabic chronicles covering period from the 9th to the 19th century. The observations were in Egypt, Morocco, Syria and Yemen. These new addition historical records are considered to be important events which indicate a serious current interest in astronomy.
http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.3941

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

28 February 2009

Tamdakht, Moroc Meteorite Hunting 27FEB09

Tamdakht, Moroc Meteorite Hunting by Philippe Thomas

A meteorite fall occurred near Ouarzazate on December 20th, 2008, specifically around the villages of Tamdakht and Tiguert, located in the mountains northwest of the city. We decided to go there to gather more information on this fall and, eventually, to find some pieces. Departure for Morocco was on Wednesday, February 11th in the afternoon. The road is long, but we arrive in the south of the country on 12 at night, exhausted. Here, a few days of rest are necessary to recover the route and also to enjoy the sun that is so much lacking to us at home. Almost 30 ° C difference ... a pure happiness! We left for Ouarzazate on Monday, February 16th early in the morning. Our Moroccan friend accompanies us, he has toured a lot in the zone of the fall and knows many nomads who live in these mountains. We arrived at the entrance of Ouarzazate in early afternoon and we stop in the first Total gas station to find someone who is waiting for us to guide us to places where stones were found. Our two guides getting into our car and we started. The track which leads in mountains start at the end of a residential area. We see that it is a very used track, it is wide, flat (a real highway) and we can ride rather fast especially in 4x4!... the rest of the story at: http://www.meteoritica.com/tamdakht%20hunting%20trip.html