[meteorite-list] Announcing a Major New Meteorite Website at UNM

[Mal Bishop]

Very, Very Well Done, Geoff!  The "virtual tour" portion is especially 
nice, not to mention extremely educational for the initiated as well as 
uninitiated.
Definitely something for everyone -- children of all ages, myself included!

I highly recommend everyone who loves this hobby/passion (and who doesn't 

:-)  )  check out UNM's Institute of Meteoritics website!


Again, Geoff, Kudos to you, and high praises for a superb job!!!

Mal


At 07:03 PM 5/23/2007 -0700, Notkin wrote:

>Dear Listees:

>

>Greetings all. I've been somewhat quiet on the List these past few months, 

>but I have a good excuse:

>

>It is with great pleasure that I can today announce the completion of a 

>major new website for the Meteorite Museum at the University of New 

>Mexico's Institute of Meteoritics.

>

>The University maintains an excellent small museum on campus, and I know 

>some of you have visited it. Plans for a new physical museum have been 

>drawn up, and the first step towards achieving that goal was the creation 

>of a modern, interactive website. The site includes the following:

>

>- A comprehensive animated Virtual Tour of the educational material which 

>the new museum will feature. This is a wonderful resource and includes 

>detailed information on the Solar System, comets, asteroids, chondrites, 

>differentiated meteorites, impact craters, the Moon, Mars and a great deal more

>

>- Architect's plans for the new museum

>

>- An extensive gallery of new, original meteorite photographs from the IOM 

>collection

>

>- A gallery of thin section photographs

>

>- A guide to New Mexico meteorites

>

>- Features on meteorite identification, teacher activities, and microscopes

>

>I had the privilege of working closely with Dr. Rhian Jones and Dr. 

>Barbara Cohen at UNM during the concept, design, and construction of this 

>site. Many of the best ideas came from them, and they contributed to the 

>genesis of the site in all areas. In particular, Rhian devised the text 

>and content for the Virtual Tour and Barbara designed many of the banners 

>and provided photos, graphics, as well as concepts for the site structure. 

>My senior design assistant Karl Covington executed the animation, as well 

>as image rendering, design, and typesetting, and the final product 

>benefited greatly from all their efforts.

>

>I'd like thank Dr. Jones, Dr. Cohen and their colleagues for the 

>opportunity to serve as art director for this fascinating project and I 

>hope you will all enjoy the new site.

>

>Here it is:   http://epswww.unm.edu/meteoritemuseum/

>

>

>Sincerely,

>

>Geoffrey Notkin

>

>Stanegate Studios

>Aerolite Meteorites

>

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