Crazy Shooting Star I Saw

This is the same green, not my pic

I saw a rare super-heavy kamacite Iron meteorite last night - initially very deeply coloured Cyan green unlike any I've seen before ~1 am on the 2nd November in Orewa coming down steep and fast over Rangitoto seemingly at Mach 40 (!) with a spooky weird ultra-bright green in the ionosphere that went at the last minute to orange then red as it sprouted petals and broke up after about 1 or 2 seconds as a green streak that reminded me of fireworks but upside down entering ionosphere at 40 degrees above the horizon quickly going straight then down then splatting into the atmosphere at 100 km altitude and 20 degrees above the horizon.

They are solid single crystal that form by very slowly cooling at rate of 100 celsius per Myr. That's a Megayear. Oh boy these guys take 10 million years to cool, beginning to crystalise at 750 C and precipitating from, 723 C into really cool looking metals. What the absolute frack? Ring the alarm! That's from another solar system. The most notable trace elements in kamacite are gallium, germanium, cobalt, copper, and chromium; but also bits of stardust like platinum and gold. Tangy. Weird. It's not like Mars rock, which is a common meteorite. Always magnetised and piezo-electric so it's making it's own electricity and getting zapped from ionosphere as it comes in. I thought it was a firework or UFO cos it was so bright green.

I noticed it as I looked East out to sea at Orewa's beach, joint hanging outta my gaping jaw as my eye-popping gaze turned South.

Naturally, I was hoping to meet Yoda and go for a ride in a spaceship... I'd tell him please just no warps outside the solar system cos I need to be home within 24 hours Earth time I gotta feed my cat. So long as I still keep rectal virginity and no big glowing probes implanted up my nose. Deal? I'd probably agree to donate sperm for their dirty little breeding experiments if that's what it takes to get a ride to the Moon OK hey is that Princess Leia?! You wanna wanga wid Jabba?

Iron-nickel meteorites are more easily recognized than other types of meteorites, even though they account for less than 5% of observed falls. However, they represent almost 90% of the mass of all collected meteorites, due to the way they fall fast without getting slowed by the air because of the momentum from their high mass, and mono-crystal nature making them quite slow melting. Crystals need a bit more heat to start melting initially.

Did you know that Earth is the most dense object in our solar system at 5.5 grams per cubic cm? More than the sun, Jupiter, Saturn etc by average by volume at surface.

Metallography of Iron-Nickel Meteorites
Iron-nickel meteorites are space rocks that are mostly made of iron, but also contain 5–30% nickel. They are a common type of meteorite found on Earth, and are the remnants of the cores of ancient asteroids. Iron-nickel meteorites are made up of two alloys, kamacite and taenite, which are only found in meteorites on Earth. Kamacite has a lower nickel concentration, while taenite has a higher concentration. Iron-nickel meteorites have a unique texture called the Widmanstätten pattern, which is caused by the interlocking of the different alloys. Iron-nickel meteorites are denser than other types of meteorites, which makes them more likely to survive entry into Earth's atmosphere. That explains the 2.5 seconds it took I think.

This is what the next version of Google search will look like... I found this as I'm on Google's public beta (testing) list

Bring Back Music :: Bring Back 24 Hour Drinking

During the Sars2 times I came up with an idea to help musicians and live music venues get back on their feet and also bring back 24 hour SUPERMARKETS... Bring back 24 hour drinking!

Save The Whales... fat singers that is

In order to save and bless the nearly extinct remaining live music venues still operating in Auckland, they should be gifted an automatic deregulation of their opening hours (so they can operate 24 hours if they wish, they aint obliged to do shit). And no more sound control on till midnight on Friday for all bands citywide including rehearsals and recordings.

If your venue has over 26+ events per year = Live Music Venue

Any venue that can prove they are live music venue qualifies.

Qualification is done each 5 years by sending 10 promotional 1st party original art files (PDFs) or 3rd party verified event listings (URLs), with earliest and latest dates not more than 140 days apart thereby proves by extrapolation they host at least 26 events per year would qualify. A gig each fortnight. Nightclubs would need to have more than just a resident DJ (or an iPod hooked up) to qualify typically, as a live music event, unless the events have original (I'LL BE THE JUDGE) artworks designed and supplied and URL method not available (anti-spam).

So a place like Portland Public House would easily qualify, whereas a casino bars like Sky Shitty not so much.

Electronic music events would not be able to use the URL method to qualify but can still do so using the PDF promotional artwork method.

Rugby World Cup 2012

Auckland hosted the rugby world cup in 2012 before a law change in 2014 which made Auckland a very boring place for international traveler.

So naturally the fucking cunts in Wellington made an exception for that and Sky Shitty, WHICH IS NOW THE ONLY FUCKING PLACE WITH 24 HOUR DRINKING IN AUCKLAND! It used to house New Zealand's only 24 hour BNZ bank branch too by the way.

As you can see <sarcasm> I'm not at all bitter about it. </sarcasm>

About The Author

Tom Atkinson - Musician, web app coder, artist, scientist, wanker... and now... ninja of local body politics!

I've been quoted as saying that I believe Auckland traffic congestion would be reduced if we bring back 24 hour drinking *jokes* hey maybe it would?

Actually I was thinking about the effect COVID will probably have on the industry and this is my contribution to make it all better. It also marks my entry into local body politics! Ask me about my other policies!

Lyrics

Trying to get by as a musician today takes all the booze ya got

Repealing the 2014 ammendings to the liquor licensing act would be a pretty good place to stop

So wouldn't you like to see a live music or watch a band

Sometimes you wanna say - Bring back the music - to Auckland city

Bring back 24 liquor licenses - to all the bars and venues shown

Then we can have a music scene and not be such an embarrassment to overseas travelers from New York City

Taxi to supermarket's for 24 hour boozing

That's why if you buy my album enough times, and convince me to run for Mayor and win,

When I am elected as Mayor of Auckland...

I will personally see to it that there is a) No sound control for you or your party on YOUR BIRTHDAY* and b) No sound control for *booked* musical acts if you supply council with your poster or event info 6 weeks in advance and c) No sound control for any musical act whether at, but not limited to any of; rehearsal practice; soundcheck; main performance, encore, pack-out or any other purpose that does not harm people or the environment from 4:20 pm on Fridays until 11:55 pm!! Vote Tom for Mayor 2040. or i kill ya.

* although seemingly unimportant trivial and useless clause, actually this is by far the most powerful clause because if you think about it with your brain and not your dick, this means that any event with more than 365 people in attendance is likely to be automatically protected by the clause since there is a 100% probability it is someones birthday that day.