[meteorite-list] Kamil Crater, Egypt, "Strip-mined" and Destroyed by Meteorite Criminals

[Marco Langbroek]

Op 14-10-2024 om 07:28 schreef meteorite-list-request at meteoritecentral.com:
>   I looked at the Google Earth images and essentially agree with what is
> written. Although the exact timeline is open to interpretation, the aerial
> images do show that this crater, which is a protected site, has been
> destroyed by people illegally mining it presumably for iron meteorite
> fragments and spherules. Heavy machinery, presumably electromagnets
> and other methods were used to vandalize, desecrate, and otherwise
> destroy this irreplaceable part of the Egypt's geological heritage for
> personal gain.


I looked at Copernicus Sentinel images of the crater. Clear albedo changes in 
and around the crater start between August 24 and August 27, 2022 (the August 27 
image is the first image showing disturbance while the image of August 24 does 
not). So it started about two years ago.

- Marco


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