Sunday, 14 July 2024

Rare whale washes ashore after 24 hours of fireballs

2024, July 3. Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia. Meteor/Fireball. Duration: 4 seconds. Time: 12:03.

2024, July 3. A fireball seen over Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Hawke's Bay, Manawatū-Whanganui, Marlborough, Nelson, Otago, Tasman, Waikato and West Coast on Wednesday, around 08:01 UT.

2024, July 3. Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania. Fireballs seen 11:04 UT. Other fireballs were seen at 6:23pm, followed by the one above at about 9:03pm local time and two more just after 4am.

2024, July 4. New Zealand, South Island, Taiari Mouth. Spade-tooth whale. 5m long. The species has never been seen alive, with only six bodies known to science.  

See the July 3 and June 29 posts.

Photo: Supplied/Department of Conservation

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