Monthly Archives: November 2009
Moses Mabhida Stadium Opening
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Yesterday saw the first ever game at the new Moses Mabhida stadium in Durban. Having been through the stadium on a tour a couple of months ago, I had to make sure I was there to see this spectecal. And that it was.
I have never been to a live soccer game before, so was really looking forward to this one. The atmosphere was unbeliveable, and the crowd was fantastic. There is something special about South Africans, and we really value and show our pride in everything we do. Everything, from the Vuvuzelas to the “Dance offs” in the crowd, the crowd really made the day for me.
Walking into the stadium your are left in awe, as the finished product is out of this world. An opening ceremony with dancers and gymnasts kicked things off, before the game got underway. The game itself was great, with loads of action including a red card.
Generally everything ran smoothly, there were no queues to get into the stadium, there was loads of visible security, and aside from only having one concession window open, because they lost the keys to the other ones (!?!?!), everything went off without a hitch.
I am really looking forward to seeing a couple more games at the stadium before the World Cup next year. With everything in life, practice makes perfect, and by June next year, Durban should have it down to a fine art :)
Meteor video from Limpopo Province – 21/11/09
I know the last couple of posts have been meteor orientated, but I am totally blown away by the footage I have seen.
Christo van Graan, who stays in Burgersfort in the Limpopo Province, sent me this video clip from one of his security camera’s of the meteor that appeared over South Africa on Saturday evening, 21 November 2009
From Christo:
WOW, absolutely amazing.
Listen to 5fm & other radio stations on your iPhone
Update: You can now download the official 5fm iPhone app from the app store
I came across a brilliant app last night, which allows you to listen to almost ANY radio station in the world, including South African favorites like 5fm, Highveld, KFM, ECR and loads load more.
The app is called ooTunes Radio, and has a database of over 15000 stations from around the world that you can listen to.
Here is a full list of Radio stations that work on the iPhone plus search.
I tested the app out last night, and the stream to 5fm was perfect. No lag or buffering at all. This is really a fantastic app, and at $4.99 it is a steal.
To download ooTunes Radio from the app store click here
Video of meteor over Gauteng 21 November
Yesterday I did a post about the Meteor that was spotted over Gauteng on the 21st of November.
The comments have been flying in thick and fast, and it seems that loads of people saw this phenomenon. By the sounds of things, the meteor may have landed or disintegrated somewhere over or near the Botswana/South Africa border.
Today I came across this video I found on Youtube taken from a CCTV camera located on the Mustek building in Midrand (Link to Google Map). I am totally totally awed by what I have just seen.
The video of the Gauteng Meteor from the Mustek building can be seen here:
I have also just come across a 2nd video of the Gauteng meteor from a building somewhere in Johannesburg. This one is really cool as you get a full view of the horizon, and it is also slowed down.
Wow…that’s all I can say !!!
Meteor over South Africa 21 November 2009
Meteor Shower – Wikipedia
UPDATED: I have posted 2 VIDEOS of from Johannesburg of the meteor. Check out the post here -> http://www.marcforrest.com/2009/11/24/video-of-meteor-over-gauteng-21-november/
Update: Christo Van Graan also sent me a video taken from his Security camera’s in the Limpopo Province -> http://www.marcforrest.com/2009/11/25/meteor-video-from-limpopo-province-211109/
On Saturday evening, 21 November, my wife and I were driving home on the N2 near Ballito, from my year-end function, at about 22:30. suddenly the whole sky lit up to a greenish/blueish colour. Soon after that there was flash that flew over our heads. It kinda looked like a lightning blot, but there weren’t any clouds in the sky.
I immediately jumped onto twitter, and found that we weren’t the only ones to see this. It sounded like it was a lot brighter in over Johannesburg & Centurion, with a couple of people even saying they may have thought it had reached the ground as well. After checking around, it looked like what we saw was a rather rare occurrence, in that a we saw a meteor in the sky that was close to earth. I have never seen anything like this, and it was phenomenal.
After doing a bit more investigation, in the morning, it sound like it didn’t actually hit the ground, as meteors generally burn up as they hit the earths atmosphere.It also looks like it could be part the Leonid shower which is meteoroid dust from the tail of Halley’s Comet! Although, that may not be 100% correct, as this was scheduled to happen on the 17th of November.
The Weather Service has a blog post about it here, where a couple of people have commented about this. The Times also has an article on with comment from the guys at the Johannesburg planetarium. So far, it doesn’t seem anyone has pictures of this rare occurrence, but hopefully we can get lucky, and get a similar picture to that of a Utah surveillance camera that picked up a meteor shower in Utah last week. Wikipedia also has a very interesting read about Meteor Showers
Did you see the Meteor on Saturday night ? If you did leave a comment, if anyone has pictures let me know, and I will gladly put them up :)
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