[meteorite-list] Tomorrow in History + AMNH NYC

[Timothy Heitz]

Thanks for sharing, stay cool:)

Tim



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From: "Notkin" <geoking at notkin.net>
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Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 9:11 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Tomorrow in History + AMNH NYC


> Dear Listees:
> 
> Greetings comrades from Tucson. It's been a pretty mild summer so far  
> by our standards. I think 106F is the record to date  : )  That's  
> nothing for Tucson.
> 
> I happened to be looking at one of those "Today in History" things  
> this evening and found it interesting to note that tomorrow, July 19,  
> is both the 96th anniversary of the great Holbrook fall (1912) and  
> also the day that Apollo 11, carrying the mighty Eagle module went  
> into lunar orbit -- that was 1969 for you youngsters who weren't glued  
> to their TV sets back then. Of course, I was just wee lad myself at  
> the time  : )
> 
> So many List members have hunted at Holbrook -- I can think of at  
> least twenty without even trying -- that it's a happy anniversary to  
> mark. I often remember how our much-missed colleague the late, great  
> Jim Kriegh would go up there on his own for a few days and come back  
> with more pieces from one visit than I found in five trips. Kinda sad  
> to think that Jim's house, just up the road from me, is now occupied  
> by a non-meteorite hunter.
> 
> I was in NYC recently -- my first visit in over four years -- and took  
> some time to visit the AMNH and check out the "new" meteorite exhibit.  
> For the most part it is really spectacular. I can imagine one of the  
> designers saying: "You know that show 'Star Trek: Next Generation'?  
> Well, we should make the display look like the bridge from that ship."  
> The hall is very dark, with big ole' 31-ton Ahnighito sitting there in  
> the middle on a raised circular stage, with one stellar iron after  
> another arranged around it. On view is a truly gorgeous Glorieta  
> Mountain siderite, covered in thumbprints and caramel patina, which I  
> know will make a few GM hunters (myself included) almost insanely  
> jealous  : )   There is a cool diorama of Canyon Diablo, and all kinds  
> of amazing, assorted goodies in vertical cases on the walls. I found  
> the glass cases a little small and crowded, but the meteorites are so  
> fabulous, who really cares?
> 
> Many of you will, no doubt, have seen the "new" hall, which is, I  
> suppose, already a few years old, but even after many years living in  
> NYC it was a first for me. A fine afternoon spent there, and also  
> visiting my favorite Allosaurus in the dinosaur halls. Highly  
> recommended to anyone passing through the Big, Bad Apple.
> 
> Enjoy your weekend, and kind regards to all from The Baked Apple.
> 
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> Geoff N.
> 
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