Anyone else just hear that massive explosion?

[ghaye]

Why does the big one look like a smiley clown

They all do.

 

[RedViking]

Just heard the explosion as well. Took a while to get to the Midlands.

 

[Suspect99]

Doesn't mean it's wrong. In fact it can answer scientific questions very well.

 

[Gordon_R]

Wits says car-sized meteor:

2024-08 - “Space junk” that fell in Eastern Cape was a car-size meteorite - Wits University

www.wits.ac.za

However, says Professor Roger Gibson from the Wits School of Geosciences, “Based on scientific assessment, the incident is consistent with a rocky asteroid about the size of a car entering Earth’s atmosphere at very high speed. Friction with the atmosphere created a spectacular fireball and caused it to break up in flight.”

 

[Gordon_R]

Rhodes University looking for pieces to study:

Rhodes scientist granted permit to probe ‘meteorite’

A Rhodes University scientist has been granted a permit to investigate the suspected meteorite debris which fell in the Eastern Cape at the weekend.

www.heraldlive.co.za

The Eastern Cape Provincial Heritage Resources Authority has since issued a permit to Rhodes scientist Dr Deon van Niekerk to recover as many fragments as possible for scientific investigation should it indeed be a meteorite.

“It’s crucial that any fragments already collected are handled minimally, not exposed to liquids, and stored in a clean, dry place.

“If anyone has identified a potential landing site, please leave the fragments undisturbed and mark the location.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

somebody check on the Boeing Starliner crew ... that loud crack might have been them departing this universe under perfectly normal and natural circumstances just like the other whistleblowers

 

[maumau]

Not saying I agree with the meteorite speculation but the sound's clear on this recording.

 

[bwana]

WATCH LIVE | Nelson Mandela University unveils meteorite​

Nelson Mandela University is unveiling in a media briefing a meteorite that entered the Earth's atmosphere a few weeks ago.

The meteorite is believed to have been about the size of a car.

Eyewitnesses saw the phenomenon and some took videos. The captain of a whale-watching boat also reported seeing objects splashing into the ocean off Cape St Francis.

WATCH LIVE | Nelson Mandela University unveils meteorite

Nelson Mandela University is unveiling in a media briefing a meteorite that entered the Earth's atmosphere a few weeks ago.

www.heraldlive.co.za

 

[Gordon_R]

Meteor gets a name, and more scientific details:

Universities collaborate to uncover rare meteorite in Eastern Cape - LNN - Network News

The discovery of the ‘Nqweba Meteorite’ represents a significant opportunity for South African scientists to study a rare specimen from space.

www.citizen.co.za

 

[Jan van Riebeeckstad]

Not saying I agree with the meteorite speculation but the sound's clear on this recording.

I've made louder noises clapping @purple face cheeks

 

[purple face]

I've made louder noises clapping @purple face cheeks

Lol are you sure that was me?

 

[Longboi]

Lol are you sure that was me?

He probably got drunk and went to @ShaunSA 's place.

 

[purple face]

He probably got drunk and went to @ShaunSA 's place.

Yeah that did sound gay to me some rear end bum stuff LOL

 

[PaulGherkin]

Yeah that did sound gay to me some rear end bum stuff LOL

You always struck me as the sort who would say yes to that kind of sex

 

[purple face]

You always struck me as the sort who would say yes to that kind of sex

News flash im not a gay man, im not a man at all.
So I don't fit the description to begin with

 

[Magnum]

Damned aliens throwing pebbles at us again?

 

[purple face]

Damned aliens throwing pebbles at us again?

Are you on drugs?

 

[Rickster]

Are you on drugs?

When I read some of your posts, I ask myself the same question.

 

[PaulGherkin]

News flash im not a gay man, im not a man at all.
So I don't fit the description to begin with

So you're one of them women that says "No" to anal

 

[Longboi]

Well this certainly went well.