Russians Seek Meteorite Treasure In the Snow

Russians Seek Meteorite Treasure In the Snow

Russians Wade Into the Snow to Seek Treasure
From the Sky by Andrew E. Kramer, New York
Times, February 18, 2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/world/europe/russian-scientists-say-they-found-meteorite-fragments.html?google_editors_picks=true&_r=0&pagewanted=all

Scientists Seek More Information On Meteorite,
Morning Edition, February 18, 2013
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/18/172298071/scientists-seek-more-information-on-meteorite

"….for example, we're in a village where there were
reports yesterday that people had found small black
pebbles in the snow.

And these were holes coated in ice, like an upside
down icicle. And if you dig down into these holes
you find a small black pebble. And they've found
thousands of these in this village. Women would
take them out in their kitchens and show you a
handful. And now it seems that these are, in fact,
meteor shards."

Yours,

Paul H.

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