Oman Meteorite News - Scientists index Oman's galaxy of meteorites 20JAN2012

Scientists index Oman's galaxy of meteorites

Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 20 Jan 2012 305 views
Deep in the heart of the Omani desert, the search is on for rocks worth millions of dollars: not diamonds but rubble that has fallen from the sky.
A group of German and Swiss scientists are working with the Omani government to catalogue the vast number of meteorites that lay strewn across the desert - famed as the place with the world's second largest cache of heavenly rocks.
Al Jazeera's Andrew Hopkins reports from Oman.
http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2012/01/20121218512667164.html

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Newly Fallen Meteorites Offer Fresh Look At Mars
NPR Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:10 AM PST
Scientists have confirmed that rocks collected recently in the Moroccan desert came from the Red Planet. University of Alberta meteorite expert Chris Herd, who has acquired one of the chunks, talks about how scientists analyze space rocks, and whether organic compounds might be found inside.

The chemistry of exploding stars
uniprotokolle Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:42 AM PST
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Scientists confirm rocks fell from Mars
WABC-TV New York Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:43 AM PST
Scientists are confirming that 15 pounds of rock collected recently in Morocco fell to Earth from Mars during a meteorite shower last July.

Visitor from Mars
Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:10 PM PST
It is not often that someone finds a meteorite from the planet Mars. It is even rarer for someone to see a Mars meteorite falling from the sky.

Meteorite found in Callisburg?
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UT Professor Honored by National Academy of Sciences
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Update - Alert- Newly Discovered NEOs to Pass Activity of Meteors Projected 20-21JAN2011

Update - Alert- Newly Discovered NEOs to Pass
- Increased Activity of Meteors Projected
Cameras, Observers Alert Standby  (2012 BV1)
LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo (Dirk Ross)

UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers 1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Object Name Close Approach Date Miss Distance (AU) Miss Distance (LD) Estimated Diameter* H (mag) Relative Velocity (km/s) (2012 AX)  2012-Jan-20 0.0749 29.1 49 m - 110 m 23.7 7.20 (2012 BV1)  2012-Jan-20 0.0021 0.8 1.7 m - 3.8 m 31.0 8.65

Source: NASA/JPL

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Tulsa, Oklahoma Daytime Meteor Event? 18JAN2012

Tulsa, Oklahoma Daytime Meteor Event? 18JAN2012

Anyone else see this event please contact me drtanuki@gmail.com  Thank you!

18JAN2012 mike tulsa, ok, usa 1400 cst 15 sec sw-ne yellow, explosion, smoke cloud daytime, but still very visable no happened during the day. exploded about 500ft above the ground, probably about 1 mile from location. the explosion was powerful enough to felt in delivery truck, also rattled windows of near by businesses


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Florida Launch Tonight Florida ~7:38 EST 19JAN2012 NOT Meteor!

Report of launch:

19JAN2012 Shane and Rebecca Hayes MELBOURNE BEACH, FLORIDA, USA 20:03:00 18 seconds W-E RED and ORANGE/LOW RUMBLING THUNDER MOON YES we have a picture from a cell phone, it was bright enough at that far distance to be picked up on the cell

Possible artificial nebula tonight
If the 0:38 UTC (7:38 EST) scheduled launch goes off as scheduled or even
somewhat later in the launch window from Cape Canaveral, there's
a very good chance for an artificial nebula or "comet" around 2:00
UTC south of Israel to ENE of South Africa, perhaps directly over
Madagascar. It would be within several degrees of the celestial
equator from an observing site. Sorry I don't have more detailed
information. Here's a page for reference:
http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Jan-2012/0253.html

"WGS 4" is "Wideband Global SATCOM 4", a US military
communications satellite.

Here's a projected ground-track map of the launch events:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d358/track.html

With good weather, it could be worth looking for.
Ed Cannon -- Texas
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WGS 4 is scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral in about 8 hours, on 2012 Jan 20, between 00:38 and 02:11 UTC.

I offer the following rough TLE of the orbit after the final burn of the 2nd stage, assuming launch at window-open: 

SECO-2                                                 440 X 66991 km
1 78901U          12020.04833333  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0    00
2 78901  24.0048 307.4191 8299446 177.8402   1.4113  1.08160032    02

Following spacecraft separation, observers within range should look for the following 2nd stage events:

    T+       UTC
00:45:00  01:23:00  CCAM Start (Collision and Contamination Avoidance Manoeuvre)
00:47:20  01:25:20  CCAM End
00:54:41  01:32:41  H2 Depletion End
00:56:40  01:34:40  O2 Depletion End
01:18:33  01:56:33  N2H4 depletion End

The fuel dump could produce a spectacular comet-like phenomenon.
Ted Molczan

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Now, savour 4.5 billion yrs old 'meteorite' flavoured extra-terrestrial wine
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Middle East Online Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:01 AM PST
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Morocco: Meteorite Fell From Mars - Scientists
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Meteor confirmed to be a piece of Mars - UPI | e! Science News
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Meteorite from Mars fell in Morocco
AFP
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Meteorite from Mars fell in Morocco: Scientists
Canada.com Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:07 PM PST
Rare and expensive fragments of a Mars meteorite fell from the sky in July over Morocco, a team of international scientists confirmed on Wednesday.


Pure Martian Meteorite Found in Morocco, Fetches "10 times more than gold"
International Business Times Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:26 AM PST
Scientists have confirmed that a piece of rock which fell into Tissint, Morocco on July 18, 2011 was a pure Martian meteorite. The fireball was spotted in the North Africa sky last summer but discovered six month later.


Meteorite-infused wine launched in Chilean observatory
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Martian meteorites fetch astronomical prices
The New Zealand Herald Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:22 AM PST
They came from Mars, not in peace, but in pieces.Scientists are confirming that 7kg of rock collected recently in Morocco fell to Earth from Mars during a meteorite shower last July.This is only the fifth time that scientists...


ASU has chunk of Mars rock that fell in July
East Valley Tribune Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:58 AM PST
Arizona State University says it has acquired a rare and large meteoritechunk that fell from Mars in Morocco last July.


Mars attacks! Morocco pelted with rocks from the Red Planet
The Register Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:29 AM PST
Ochre space bonanza worth ten times its weight in gold Excited boffins have confirmed that a meteorite shower over Morocco last July dumped about 7kg of Martian rocks on our planet


Meteorite is from Mars, landed in Morocco last year
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'Space Junk' explores orbital debris
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Sanford Museum announces 2012 programs
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Morocco fireball yields rare Mars meteorites
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Meteorites in Morocco confirmed to be Martian in origin
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Mars meteorite fell to Earth in Morocco in July
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Meteor confirmed as piece of Mars
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Scientists confirm rocks fell from Mars
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Scientists confirm rocks fell from Mars
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Rare Mars rocks fell in Africa
Fox News
The fireball was spotted in the sky six months ago, but the rocks were not discovered on the ground in North Africa until the end of December. This is an important and unique opportunity for scientists trying to learn about Mars' potential for life. ...

Confirmed: Martian rocks landed in Morocco
CBS News
A view of the internal structure of the first Martian meteorite (specimens of the planet Mars) known to have struck Earth in 49 years. (Associated Press) Updated: 12:05 PM: WASHINGTON - Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars: ...

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io9
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Martians land in Morocco... sort of
GlobalPost (blog)
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Scientists: Mars rocks fell in Africa last July
USA TODAY
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APNewsBreak: Mars Rocks Fell in Africa Last July
ABC News
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Martian Rocks Land In Morocco
Slashdot Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:32 PM PST
Hugh Pickens writes "Scientists have confirmed chemically a recent and rare invasion from Mars with 15 pounds of fresh Martian rocks falling in Morocco last July. A special committee of meteorite experts, which includes some NASA scientists, confirmed the test results Tuesday certifying that the meteorites recently collected came from Mars. The biggest rock weighs more than 2 pounds. Astronomers ...

Scientists confirm meteorite rocks fell from Mars
The Post-Standard Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:45 PM PST
The rocks are fetching big bucks because they are among the rarest things on Earth -- more than one million times rarer than gold.

Mars meteorite shower in Morocco yields 15 pounds of rocks 10 times as valuable as gold
Daily Mail Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:33 PM PST
Scientists have confirmed that Martian meteorites fell in Morocco in summer last year. It's the first batch found 'fresh' since 1962 - and could be crucial for our search for life on Mars.

Scientists: Meteorites from Mars fell in Morocco
Florida Today Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:26 PM PST
Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars:meteorite chunks from the red planet that fell in Morocco last July.

Scientists confirm rocks fell from Mars
Denver Post Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:22 PM PST
WASHINGTONâThey came from Mars, not in peace, but in pieces. Scientists are confirming that 15 pounds of rock collected recently in Morocco fell to Earth from Mars during a meteorite shower last July.

Scientists confirm recent meteorite came from Mars
Guelph Mercury Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:45 PM PST
Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars:meteorite chunks from the red planet that fell in Morocco last July.

Forget Space Beer, Order Meteorite Wine Instead
SPACE.com Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:38 PM PST
This wine is aged with an actual meteorite that fell to Earth.

Scientists confirm Martian rock shower over Morocco
New Haven Register Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:22 PM PST
WASHINGTON â Scientists are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars â meteorite chunks that fell from the red planet over Morocco last summer.

Mars meteorite chunks fall from sky
Daily Telegraph Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:21 PM PST
SCIENTISTS are confirming a recent and rare invasion from Mars:meteorite chunks from the red planet that fell in Morocco last July.

Mars meteorite chunks fall to Earth
CBC via Yahoo! Canada News Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:49 PM PST
Meteorite chunks from Mars fell over Morocco last summer â the first time in 50 years such an event has occurred, scientists confirmed Tuesday.

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Ask Tom why: At the end of September I saw a massive shooting star. Do you ...
Chicago Tribune
"It was very likely an unusually big meteor, but they are not really all that rare. It's just that no one seems to notice the night sky that much these days because of the distractions of big-city life and our excessively well-illuminated nighttime ...

Rowton meteorite 'very important' in solar system study
BBC News
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Breaking News - Caribbean Meteor News -Puerto Rico, Aruba, Curacao, Jamaica, Dominican Republic Meteor Fireball 16JAN2012

Breaking News - Caribbean Meteor News - Jamaica, Aruba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico Meteor Fireball 16JAN2012
MBIQ has indicated that a Fireball Meteor was widely seen in the Caribbean (~20:00 Puerto Rico Local Time) 16JAN2012.

Caribbean Meteor Fireball 16JAN2012
Neon Markers = Sighting Reports
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Reports:

16JAN2012 LAETICIA CURTIN WILLEMSTAD, CURACAO 19:50 EST 3 to 4 sec W-E left to right GREEN flying beam with sparkles, at first I thaught it was fireworks.. bright green, like sun brightness sparkles it was night time could not see anything fall off. Aamazing! Unfortunately too late to capture it

16JAN2012 Frenis Rincon, Puerto Rico 20:00 AST Approx. 10 sec. N-S Bright green Much brighter than other objects in the sky Very long trailing debris field Both my wife & I saw the object, we thought it might have been falling space debris.

16JAN2012 Raul lopez Aguadilla, Puerto Rico 8:05 pm atlantic (1hr after EST) About 10 min. South West Very bright green Several times brighter than Venus, like a bright flare venus. Did not see fragments Very low in the sky, disappeared over the horizon

16JAN2012 ultraviolet Rincon, Puerto Rico 8:15PM GMT 7 sec North East Blue Green w/trailing yellow red Sun not sure Beautiful Sight

16JAN2012 Capt. Richard J. Wittig Sr. Palmas del Mar, Puerto Rico 2005 4 - 5 seconds S.SE White going into Green and then Blue white twice as bright as Jupiter, brighter towards the earth possibly towards the hills from my spospective Wow

16JAN2012 Martin Saez Osma, Edo. Vargas, Venezuela GMT-430 1830 2-3 seconds E-W Color green, no sound very bright there was a fragmentation of the tale like little points It was awesome

16JAN2012 Marcos Bislip astronomer San Nicolas, Aruba 8 pm AST 20 seconds E-W green very bright none none

16JAN2012 Ghislaine Francisco Aruba 20:06:00 8 sec Heading North Green/ No sound Venus No Looked like Fireworks

16JAN2012 Albert Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, PR 20:06/Atlantic Time Zone 7 seconds N-S Green Very brigth No Look like green fire.

16JAN2012 Hiljan Christiaan Willemstad, Curacao 20:05:00 6 Netherlands Antilles green venus  yes single big green object, blistering into smaller tail

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Hawley, Texas Allsky Meteor Fireball 15JAN2012

Hawley, Texas Allsky Meteor Fireball 15JAN2012

Hawley, Texas Fireball Meteor 15JAN2012
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The January issue of Meteorite Times is now up.
The following URL gives access to the Web Browser View, Flash Magazine View, and Mobile PDF.
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Stellar show in Edmonton skies
Edmonton Sun
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Messengers from space
Mail Tribune
This photo shows a slice of a meteorite found in Sams Valley by a gold miner in the 1930s. The slice weighs 441 grams.Photo by Dick Pugh By Paul Fattig No one knows exactly when the iron-nickel rocks from outer space rained down on Sams Valley. ...

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Oregon meteorites: the big, the small, the questionable
Mail Tribune
Museum visitors touch the Willamette meteorite during the opening of the Rose Center for Earth and Space on Feb. 19, 2000, at New York's American Museum of Natural History. Beth A. Keiser / The Associated PressBETH A. KEISER/THE ASSOCIATED PR By Paul ...

Just rocks, or visitors from space?
Mail Tribune
In less time than the mutts could leave their mark, the meteor flashed past. It was visible for maybe a second. Tops. Save for the light of a rising moon on the east, the sky immediately returned to its twinkling old self. Yet, like the thousands I've ...

Your Mayan Doomsday Calendar Could Be Off By A Few Days
HULIQ
Although Chak Ek' has been translated as the planet Venus, Aldana believes it is actually a meteor. As Aldana explained, although Venus is an astronomical entity which can be calculated with great precision, a meteor's appearance would be an altogether ...

Starstruck enterprise Valley couple are on a stargazing mission to share ...
Arizona Republic
"It was the night of the Geminid meteor shower," Tony says. "When we came back from the party, it was after midnight, prime time to look at the meteor shower. Carole must have seen 20 of them, and if I saw two, I was lucky." "He was into something that ...

Video of Widely-Reported 'Friday the 13th' Fireball Over Canada ...
Filmed from New Aiyansh, B.C. "Looking Northwest, about 15km south of New Aiyansh, on ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhGBlsfVW3Q

NEO Asteroids Close Encounters January 2012

NEO Asteroids Close Encounters January 2012
  Close approaches of NEOs 2012 AQ10 and 2011 YH 40 will take place on 16JAN2011.  Observers, cameras, action...ready for meteors?
Ready to report your meteor sighting reports; thank you.
-LunarMeteorite*Hunter, Tokyo

UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH

1 AU = ~150 million kilometers 1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers Object Name Close Approach Date Miss Distance (AU) Miss Distance (LD) Estimated Diameter* H (mag) Relative Velocity (km/s) (2005 BU)  2012-Jan-14 0.0517 20.1 13 m - 29 m 26.6 11.24 (2011 YA)  2012-Jan-14 0.0709 27.6 500 m - 1.1 km 18.6 23.12 (2011 YJ28)  2012-Jan-14 0.1416 55.1 170 m - 370 m 21.0 14.33 (1996 AE2)  2012-Jan-15 0.1452 56.5 280 m - 630 m 19.9 19.66 (2012 AQ10)  2012-Jan-16 0.0057 2.2 14 m - 30 m 26.5 7.09 (2011 YH40)  2012-Jan-16 0.0138 5.4 67 m - 150 m 23.0 9.17 (2012 AN10)  2012-Jan-18 0.0748 29.1 86 m - 190 m 22.4 12.00 (2012 AX)  2012-Jan-20 0.0749 29.1 49 m - 110 m 23.7 7.20 (2011 YE6)  2012-Jan-21 0.1161 45.2 190 m - 410 m 20.8 14.55 (2010 JK1)  2012-Jan-21 0.1644 64.0 35 m - 78 m 24.4 4.27 (2005 YO3)  2012-Jan-21 0.1265 49.2 25 m - 57 m 25.1 9.44 (2012 AY)  2012-Jan-22 0.0905 35.2 90 m - 200 m 22.4 12.72 (2012 AC3)  2012-Jan-23 0.0726 28.2 69 m - 150 m 22.9 5.89 (2009 BO58)  2012-Jan-24 0.1795 69.8 110 m - 250 m 21.9 20.32 (2010 LN14)  2012-Jan-24 0.1500 58.4 160 m - 350 m 21.1 19.19 7341 (1991 VK)  2012-Jan-25 0.0650 25.3 1.2 km - 2.7 km 16.7 8.73 (2011 FC29)  2012-Jan-26 0.1720 67.0 170 m - 380 m 20.9 17.47 (2008 CL20)  2012-Jan-28 0.1168 45.4 23 m - 52 m 25.3 9.96 (2010 WU8)  2012-Jan-30 0.0776 30.2 39 m - 86 m 24.2 7.91 433 Eros  2012-Jan-31 0.1787 69.5 17 km 11.2 5.95

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 14JAN2012

Castro Valley man finds possible meteorite in backyard
Monterey County Herald
Mitch Medeiros of Castro Valley holds a 2-pound rock that may be a meteorite. Medeiros found the rock in his backyard Wednesday. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is helping him identify it. It wasn't exactly pennies from heaven, ...

Possible meteorite discovered in Castro Valley back yard
San Jose Mercury News
"We get these kinds of calls maybe a couple of times a month and, more often than not, it turns out not to be a meteor," said Lynda Seaver, a lab spokeswoman. reports of meteorites are frequent, but like any valuable mineral, finding the real deal ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: UK Major Meteor Outburst ...
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
12JAN2012 Roy Duggan Virginia Water, UK 18:17 +/- 3min GMT 3 secs E-W I was syiing in on the A30 traffic facing South West and the meteor appeared to go left to right at about 30deg above horizon one bright and light and string of smaller ...
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Meteorites? In Castro Valley?
San Jose Mercury News
If, that is, it is a verifiable meteorite. Whatever it is has turned life upside down for the retired truck driver. Medeiros said his phone has been ringing off the hook since he told friends his dog -- an energetic 2-year-old Black Labrador retriever ...

Stolen New Mexico meteorite worth $20K-$40K found
Art Daily
Meteorite collector Tim Heitz shows a picture of the meteorite on his computer, in Fenton, Mo., Wednesday afternoon Jan. 11, 2012, that he owned briefly before he found out it was stolen from the University of New Mexico. The Meteorite Museum at UNM ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for January 7-13, 2012 | American Meteor ...
This is the worst time to try and view meteor activity as the glare from the bright moon will obscure all but the brightest meteors. As the week progresses a small ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-january-...

Bright white light flashes through Edmonton sky
iNews880.com
Our newsroom was getting calls, emails, and tweets from listeners, and some are convinced they saw a meteor at around 7:30am. "I saw this huge flash come right across the sky going west to east," says James, who was driving near Thorsby at the time. ...

Picture of the Day: The First Meteor Shower of 2012 - Rebecca J ...
A composite image of the night sky during the Quandrantid meteor shower last week.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/.../251022/

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: UK ...
12JAN2012 Roy Duggan Virginia Water, UK 18:17 +/- 3min GMT 3 secs E-W I was syiing in on ...
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FIREBALL IN THE SKY - FINLAND 3.1.2012 ...
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3.1.2012 Finland http://hukka1974.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Tulipallot+ja+tahdenlennot/3.1. 2012 ...
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