[meteorite-list] Norwegian skydiver nearly struck by meteorite

[Michael Farmer]

The internet is filled with production quality fake videos and stunts. Anyone with a $2000 Mac and a go-pro and some editing software can work magic these days.
Why is this one any more believable than the kid who said he had his head cut by a meteorite?
The news eats this crap up as fast as it can, yet when real meteorites fall, usually zero interest.
Michael Farmer

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> On Apr 3, 2014, at 2:58 PM, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I would be more impressed if a scuba diver was struck by a meteorite.  ;)
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>> On 4/3/14, Chris Peterson <clp at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
>> Yes, although with his shoot deployed, he's probably traveling fairly
>> slowly with respect to terminal velocity.
>> 
>> Chris
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>> Chris L Peterson
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>>> On 4/3/2014 2:13 PM, Michael Mulgrew wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Chris Peterson wrote:
>>>> I'd put the terminal velocity for a stone of that apparent size between
>>>> 50
>>>> and 100 m/s. Say, between 100 and 200 mph (and I'd lean towards the
>>>> lower
>>>> end given the tumbling).
>>> 
>>> The sky divers are falling, so the relative speed between them and the
>>> rock would be even less than the rock's terminal velocity.
>>> 
>>> Michael in so. Cal.
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