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One woman died and six other people were injured as a result of the meteor event. A local resident told Radio 10 that the explosion was caused by a flaming object that fell from the sky and completely destroyed a house and several cars. “It was a veritable earthquake,” she said. The event took place a few minutes before 2 am in a property located at the intersection Luis Vernet and Los Andes streets in Monte Grande, municipality of Esteban Echeverria. The causes of the explosion remain unknown, but local residents claim “a fireball fell from the sky.” There was an overpowering smell like gunpowder,” recalled one of the people living in the area, in statements made to C5N. “There is no explanation for what took place,” added Cayetano, another resident, to Radio 10. He then added: “A neighbor woman came out running because she could see a blue fireball falling from above.” Guillermo Perez, commander of the local fire brigade, remarked that the causes of the incident remain unknown, while acknowledging that the first story points to “an object that fell from the sky.” “I heard that version, but can’t confirm it at first instance. It is necessary to go by an expert investigation to see what really happened,” he told Radio 10. Perez confirmed that two houses and a business were “completely destroyed.” As a result of the event, an elderly woman trapped under the debris perished while another six were rescued. Firefighters told C5N that these were subsequently taken to a local …
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Provided by: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics Since Mariner 9 took images of Martian river valleys in 1971, we have struggled to understand how they were formed. Mars is thought to have had a dense atmosphere with enough greenhouse gases to have maintained a balmy, wet climate. To date, no one has managed to construct a climate model to support this theory and the river valleys remain a mystery. Recently, a new idea has emerged suggesting that asteroid impacts may have led to the release of water from beneath Mars’ surface. In this LASP public lecture from October 7, 2009, Dr. Brian Toon will explore how impacts could create rivers and affect Mars’ climate history.
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