[meteorite-list] BBC reporters and Russian locals pick meteorites out of the snow
Robin Whittle
rw at firstpr.com.au
Sat Feb 23 00:03:16 EST 2013
There's no mention of the exact location of this report:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21552923
"Just look for the holes in the snow and start digging." The reporter
and crew found four fragments after "just a few minutes digging in the
snow".
Boris Vasiliev holds an approximately 3 x 4 cm meteorite:
"I was walking along the road and saw a hole in the snow, just
off the shoulder of the road - and there it was.
People were scared when the meteorite flew above us.
But now, everyone is excited and will be excited for probably
a hundred years."
Other locals, who are also named, hold meteorites and say they will sell
some of them.
I guess the biggest fragments would generally be more to the west. I
haven't seen a map of the strewn field. I will keep an eye on:
http://www.google.com/search?q=Chelyabinsk+%22strewn+field%22&hl=en&lr=&safe=images
- Robin
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