{"id":3278,"date":"2015-01-23T07:48:04","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T06:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/?p=3278"},"modified":"2015-01-23T17:34:43","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T16:34:43","slug":"on-the-hunt-for-rare-rock-after-meteorite-falls-from-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/?p=3278","title":{"rendered":"On the hunt for rare rock after meteorite falls from sky \/ Bolide, 20 December 2014, 00:25:00, 40 km east of Fairmont Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Geoscience professor asking for public\u2019s help to locate fragments<\/p>\n<p>20 December, 2014, 00:25:00, 40 km east of Fairmont Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hildebrand says the apparent weakness displayed indicates this rock was unusual, probably a carbonaceous chondrite.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucalgary.ca\/utoday\/issue\/2015-01-23\/hunt-rare-rock-after-meteorite-falls-sky\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>LINK (University of Calgary)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3293\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bolide.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3293\" src=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bolide.jpg\" alt=\"Brett Abernethy\u2019s image of the Dec 20, 2014 fireball looking south over Mt. Rundle near Johnson Lake. Photo courtesy of Brett Abernethy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bolide.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bolide-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brett Abernethy\u2019s image of the Dec 20, 2014 fireball looking south over Mt. Rundle near Johnson Lake. Photo: Brett Abernethy<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3296\" style=\"width: 968px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/possible-fall-area1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3296\" src=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/possible-fall-area1.jpg\" alt=\"Estimated meteorite fall area as a yellow ellipse.\" width=\"958\" height=\"676\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/possible-fall-area1.jpg 958w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/possible-fall-area1-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Estimated meteorite fall area as a yellow ellipse.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-quote su-quote-style-default\"><div class=\"su-quote-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">Property owners in the area encouraged to look for clues<\/p>\n<p>Hildebrand and his team are eager to talk with anyone from Canal Flats, Fairmont Hot Springs, or Elkford, B.C. who saw the fireball. He encourages property owners in the area to check security camera systems for any shadows cast by the fireball.  Anyone who had a wildlife camera is also asked to check that date and time for moving shadows. Contact the University of Calgary at 403-220-8969 or via email at ltjhanto@ucalgary.ca.<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3302\" style=\"width: 1030px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Estimated-meteorite-fall-area-3D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3302\" src=\"http:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Estimated-meteorite-fall-area-3D.jpg\" alt=\"Estimated meteorite fall area (3D)\" width=\"1020\" height=\"802\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Estimated-meteorite-fall-area-3D.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Estimated-meteorite-fall-area-3D-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Estimated meteorite fall area (3D)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geoscience professor asking for public\u2019s help to locate fragments 20 December, 2014, 00:25:00, 40 km east of Fairmont Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada &#8220;Hildebrand says the apparent weakness displayed indicates this rock was unusual, probably&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,176,97],"tags":[931,1869],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3278"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3278"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3304,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3278\/revisions\/3304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}