[meteorite-list] Smithsonian Meteorites

From: Dave Carothers <david.carothers_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:16:05 -0400
Message-ID: <02c901c7bc0b$e4276e40$6401a8c0_at_WINBOOKJ>

Great pictures, Mike. Thanks for sharing them.

Regards,

Dave


----- Original Message -----
From: "tett" <tett at rogers.com>
To: "Meteoritenliste" <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 9:05 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Smithsonian Meteorites


> Happy Canada Day List!
>
> Last week I enjoyed a wonderful time in Washington and was able to see
> many sites including the Lincoln Memorial, Arlington Cemetery, The Vietnam
> War memorial and many more. On this trip we also saw the Luray Caverns
> and Gettysburg.
>
> Of course, we also enjoyed some of the Smithsonian Museums. This is a
> tremendous institution and I was so pleased to see that the displays are
> free to the public so all could enjoy these national treasures. I am a
> firm believer that State and National Museums should be free so anyone can
> study and enjoy science and art treasures without having to pay for it.
> This is the same premise behind the public library system. Last time I
> took my family to the Royal Ontario Museum we spent well over $100
> entrance fees!
>
> I went to the Smithsonian web site and could not find any pictures from
> there meteorite collection so I thought I would share a few of mine.
>
> here you will see some incredible meteorites including:
>
> -A gorgeous flow marked Lafayette
> -ALH84001! Martian meteorite once thought to have fossilized life forms.
> -Huge Paragould individual with a nice polished face.
>
> Also shown is my friend Ernie touching a piece of Mars. In the acrylic
> box is a slice of Nakla. Ernie is a life long friend who was the
> principal of my grade school 40 years ago when I was in kindergarten. We
> now love to travel together to study history and politics from different
> places. I am looking forward to our trek along the Pilgrim's Trail this
> fall in Southern England.
>
> Please enjoy these photos and if you want larger images just email me.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mike Tettenborn
>
> http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&Uc=2sgymb4f.advl194n&Uy=r5kav9&Ux=0
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Received on Sun 01 Jul 2007 02:16:05 PM PDT