[meteorite-list] Earth as Art

From: MARSROX_at_aol.com <MARSROX_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:53:33 2004
Message-ID: <a6.30ce4b1f.2b26a4fd_at_aol.com>

Those using AOL may have seen the photos shown here tonight labeled "Earth as
Art." For those who haven't, paste the below reference for a surprising view
of the Bolivian Amazon Basin.

Blaine Reed and I took two trips to Bolivia in an ultimately successful
search for the country's first authenticated meteorite. Named after the
nearest town of clay buildings built on blowing dust, "Sevaruyo" is an
almond-sized, weathered H5 found in a dry river bed on the Altiplano at the
highest altitude of any meteorite measured by GPS that I can find in the
record - 3,749m/12,301.' These two trips were not my first, I had already
been in the country for a solar eclipse in '94 prior to our journeys.

I grow sadder on each visit.

The return flight on either American Airlines or (Pink) Lloyd Boliviano first
flies south from La Paz for a stop in Santa Cruz, a city built from money
derived from cows and cocaine. You then fly north over the Amazon rainforest.

Expecting to look below at magnificent endless expanses of trees and
meandering, muddy streams? For those naively concerned with "shit," here's
the true obscenity of our world......

http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/poll?view=5711&pollId=5721&channel=aol_us_resea

rchandlearn

Kevin Kichinka
Received on Mon 09 Dec 2002 09:01:33 PM PST