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Meteorite Hits Mexico Leaving 30 Meter Crater in Ahuazotepec Municipality
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| 2/11/2010
| Newsolio Editor
Posted on 02/11/2010 6:07:26 AM PST by Dallas59
A meteorite has smashed into the ground in Mexico, leaving a 30 meter (100 feet) wide crater, reports said.
The meteorite impact was in the Ahuazotepec Municipality in Central Mexico between the cities of Puebla and Hidalgo.
The precise impact area of the meteorite was in a relatively unpopulated area and hit around 6.30pm local time, Mexican media said.
The Ahuazotepec, Mexico meteorite impact was so massive it broke windows in homes many kilometers from the epicenter and people reported buildings swaying and mass confusion. Other reports said the Mexico meteorite impact partially damaged a road and a bridge.
The Mexican military was called in to lock down the area where the apparent space rock slammed into the ground.
Initial fears where that the impact was a aircraft crashing to the ground, but that report was later dismissed.
The Central Mexico meteorite event was witnessed by countless people in the region of the impact, with people as far away as Mexico City saying they saw the burning object enter the atmosphere.
TOPICS: Mexico
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; meteor; mexico
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posted on
02/11/2010 6:07:26 AM PST
by
Dallas59
To: Dallas59
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posted on
02/11/2010 6:09:24 AM PST
by
magellan
To: Dallas59
That does not happen everyday
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posted on
02/11/2010 6:09:48 AM PST
by
GeronL
(Dignity is earned from yourself. Respect is earned from others.)
To: Dallas59
That would be an awesome thing to witness!
To: Dallas59
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posted on
02/11/2010 6:12:29 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(I was born in America, but now I live in Declinistan.)
To: Dallas59
Image from the linked article:
To: Dallas59
That’s something I’d love to do when I retire.
Get an ultralight and cruise the deserts looking for impact craters.
There’s $$$ to be made from them thar things!
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posted on
02/11/2010 6:14:28 AM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(30-year smoker, E-Cigs helped me quit, and O wants me back smoking again?)
To: Dallas59
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posted on
02/11/2010 6:15:00 AM PST
by
earlJam
To: RandallFlagg
Olivine crystals from earth go for around $1 per carot. Good olivine crystals from meteorite go for as much as $1000 per carot.
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posted on
02/11/2010 6:19:50 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: Dallas59
A meteorite? Right. It’s the Martians.
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posted on
02/11/2010 6:20:16 AM PST
by
Fresh Wind
("...a whip of political correctness strangles their voice"-Vaclav Klaus on GW skeptics)
To: Dallas59
I’ve seen this movie, soon the nearest town will suddenly lose telephone service.....
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posted on
02/11/2010 6:20:46 AM PST
by
Waverunner
( "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire)
To: Dallas59
Is it in a leetle town called Grova Mils?
To: Waverunner
And don't walk toward it holding a Bible and quoting the 23rd Psalm, unless you're tired of living life as a cohesive set of molecules.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
02/11/2010 6:34:10 AM PST
by
The Comedian
(Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
To: The Comedian
To be safe carry a boom box playing Slim Whitman
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posted on
02/11/2010 6:38:50 AM PST
by
sticker
To: GeronL
I know and I’m actually amazed I have not heard this on the news. This is the first I’ve heard of it. Seems like a pretty big and interesting story.
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posted on
02/11/2010 6:41:39 AM PST
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
To: sticker
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posted on
02/11/2010 6:42:37 AM PST
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
To: brytlea; KevinDavis; SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/11/2010 6:42:43 AM PST
by
GeronL
(Dignity is earned from yourself. Respect is earned from others.)
To: Dallas59
Hmmmmm.......think actually bombing the moon a few weeks back might not have been a good idea.... just saying
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posted on
02/11/2010 6:45:05 AM PST
by
Outlaw Woman
(If you remove the first Amendment, we'll be forced to move on to the next one.)
To: brytlea
They kept a news blackout on this because they don’t want a panic to start by revealing that this is just the first of a huge wave accompanying a killer asteroid headed for Earth...Oh wait, I think I saw this movie.:)
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posted on
02/11/2010 6:45:54 AM PST
by
Sudetenland
(Slow to anger but terrible in vengence...such is the character of the American people.)
To: Dallas59
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posted on
02/11/2010 6:48:19 AM PST
by
Erik Latranyi
(Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
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