Showing posts with label Cape Elizabeth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cape Elizabeth. Show all posts

Friday, 7 June 2024

Chunk found dead

2024, June 5. USA, Maine. A dead 40-foot female humpback whale, (Named Chunk, #9944 in the Gulf of Maine and North Atlantic Humpback Whale Catalogs), was found entangled in a fishing net off Cape Elizabeth and towed into Portland harbour for removal.

Photo by Portland harbormaster Kevin Battle.

Meteor airburst in Fiji archipelago

2026, August 1. Pacific Ocean, 200km SW of Fiji. Low-energy meteor Airburst. Time: 17:43UT. Altitude: 45km. Energy: e = 2.9e10, -e = 0.1 or...