[meteorite-list] Smithsonian Meteorites

[JKGwilliam]

Mike,
Sounds like you had a memorable trip.  Thanks or sharing your 
well-taken pictures!

Best,
John Gwilliam
At 06:05 AM 7/1/2007, tett wrote:

>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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