Showing posts with label Tairua. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tairua. Show all posts

Thursday, 6 November 2025

Dead Gray's Beaked Whale and the breakup of a meteor

2025, November 5. New Zealand, NE North Island. Fireball Breakup. A meteor dismantled on entering the atmosphere. Time: 13:34. Duration: 4:34 sec. Travelled NW and protruded into the atmosphere as low as 92km. The main object was sighted on camera moving over a distance of 237km. 

2025, November 7. New Zealand, NE North Island, Coromandel Peninsula, north of Tairua, Sailors Grave Beach. A Gray's Beaked whale washed ashore.

Other beaked whale stranding this week include 2025, November 7. USA, California, Malibu. A species of Beaked whale stranded alive and was euthanised after failed attempts to refloat. Also, 2025, November 8. Japan, Okinawa. A dead dolphin or Beaked whale is floating between Yagaji and Ojima.

Whales in rivers

2026, September 14. USA, California. A subadult fin whale floating offshore, about 10 km out. In the first stages of decomposition. 2026, S...