Friday, 21 June 2024

2009 South Africa Incident

2009, April 10. Southern Ocean, South of South Africa. Large Airburst. Time: 1842. Coordinates: (-44.7, 25.7). e = 27, -e = 0.73 or equivalent energy of 730,000 kg/TNT. Altitude: 32.4. Velocity: 19.1 km/s.

2009, May 30. South Africa, Kommetjie Beach. 55 Black dolphins (pilot whales) were stranded and died. Of the pod 10 died of stress quickly and the others were euthanized.

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