[meteorite-list] Smithsonian Meteorites

[JKGwilliam]

Mike,
Sounds like you had a memorable trip.  Thanks or sharing your 
well-taken pictures!

Best,
John Gwilliam
At 06:05 AM 7/1/2007, tett wrote:
>Happy Canada Day List!
>
>Last week I enjoyed a wonderful time in Washington and was able to 
>see many sites including the Lincoln Memorial, Arlington Cemetery, 
>The Vietnam War memorial and many more.  On this trip we also saw 
>the Luray Caverns and Gettysburg.
>
>Of course, we also enjoyed some of the Smithsonian Museums.  This is 
>a tremendous institution and I was so pleased to see that the 
>displays are free to the public so all could enjoy these national 
>treasures.  I am a firm believer that State and National Museums 
>should be free so anyone can study and enjoy science and art 
>treasures without having to pay for it.  This is the same premise 
>behind the public library system.  Last time I took my family to the 
>Royal Ontario Museum we spent well over $100 entrance fees!
>
>I went to the Smithsonian web site and could not find any pictures 
>from there meteorite collection so I thought I would share a few of mine.
>
>here you will see some incredible meteorites including:
>
>-A gorgeous flow marked Lafayette
>-ALH84001!  Martian meteorite once thought to have fossilized life forms.
>-Huge Paragould individual with a nice polished face.
>
>Also shown is my friend Ernie touching a piece of Mars.  In the 
>acrylic box is a slice of Nakla.  Ernie is a life long friend who 
>was the principal of my grade school 40 years ago when I was in 
>kindergarten.  We now love to travel together to study history and 
>politics from different places.  I am looking forward to our trek 
>along the Pilgrim's Trail this fall in Southern England.
>
>Please enjoy these photos and if you want larger images just email me.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Mike Tettenborn
>
>http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&Uc=2sgymb4f.advl194n&Uy=r5kav9&Ux=0 
>
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