Showing posts with label News 8 Austin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label News 8 Austin. Show all posts

13 April 2009

West Texas Fireball Photographer Honored 12APR09

Planetarium honors photojournalist's meteorite video
4/12/2009 12:18 PM
By: News 8 Austin Staff

A piece of footage got national attention, and last night, it got News 8 photojournalist Eddie Garcia an award at a star-studded evening.

Parts of the meteorite were found scattered around Texas.

The video was shot by Garcia during the Austin Marathon Feb. 15, and was first thought to be satellite debris but later it was discovered to be a meteorite falling to earth....
more: http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=237666

24 February 2009

Amateur astronomer finds meteorites near Waco 22FEB09

Update on West, Tx meteorite:

Amateur astronomer finds meteorites near Waco
Updated: 2/22/2009 7:08 PM
By: Veronica Castelo
NEWS 8 Austin

..."Now there's actual physical proof that it was a meteor. Amateur astronomer Doug Dawn and his team say they were able to find meteorites. Dawn's team analyzed the video footage shot by News 8 photographer Eddie Garcia. Dawn said there was a lot of information available in the film and it helped with calculations of where the material was coming from. "...

For the whole story and TV video:
http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=232800&SecID=2