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Martian meteorite |
 Sep 24 2010, 02:30 PM
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 Member  Group: Members Posts: 593 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 279  |
I've just bought a chunk of Martian meteorite NWA 4925.
...Well, chunk is maybe a bit of a misnomer, since this masses about 8mg. But it is a bit of Mars. On my desk. After all these years seeing Mars through cruddy telescopes, not-bad binoculars, a slightly better telescope, and for the last few years in close-up through the eyes of the rovers and Phoenix, how utterly extraordinary.    It's rather moving. Andy |
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Sep 24 2010, 03:15 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
I know EXACTLY how you're feeling, Andy. I have some tiny samples of Mars myself - I take them around schools as part of my Outreach work - and whenever I get them out to look at them myself I genuinely feel the hairs on my neck stand on end. I look at them and think "Those are little pieces of Mars, in that tiny phial... that's Rock From Mars..."
Enjoy, and treasure, your little piece of Barsoom.
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