[meteorite-list] Tomorrow in History + AMNH NYC

[Timothy Heitz]

Thanks for sharing, stay cool:)

Tim



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From: "Notkin" <geoking at notkin.net>
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Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 9:11 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Tomorrow in History + AMNH NYC



> Dear Listees:

> 

> Greetings comrades from Tucson. It's been a pretty mild summer so far  

> by our standards. I think 106F is the record to date  : )  That's  

> nothing for Tucson.

> 

> I happened to be looking at one of those "Today in History" things  

> this evening and found it interesting to note that tomorrow, July 19,  

> is both the 96th anniversary of the great Holbrook fall (1912) and  

> also the day that Apollo 11, carrying the mighty Eagle module went  

> into lunar orbit -- that was 1969 for you youngsters who weren't glued  

> to their TV sets back then. Of course, I was just wee lad myself at  

> the time  : )

> 

> So many List members have hunted at Holbrook -- I can think of at  

> least twenty without even trying -- that it's a happy anniversary to  

> mark. I often remember how our much-missed colleague the late, great  

> Jim Kriegh would go up there on his own for a few days and come back  

> with more pieces from one visit than I found in five trips. Kinda sad  

> to think that Jim's house, just up the road from me, is now occupied  

> by a non-meteorite hunter.

> 

> I was in NYC recently -- my first visit in over four years -- and took  

> some time to visit the AMNH and check out the "new" meteorite exhibit.  

> For the most part it is really spectacular. I can imagine one of the  

> designers saying: "You know that show 'Star Trek: Next Generation'?  

> Well, we should make the display look like the bridge from that ship."  

> The hall is very dark, with big ole' 31-ton Ahnighito sitting there in  

> the middle on a raised circular stage, with one stellar iron after  

> another arranged around it. On view is a truly gorgeous Glorieta  

> Mountain siderite, covered in thumbprints and caramel patina, which I  

> know will make a few GM hunters (myself included) almost insanely  

> jealous  : )   There is a cool diorama of Canyon Diablo, and all kinds  

> of amazing, assorted goodies in vertical cases on the walls. I found  

> the glass cases a little small and crowded, but the meteorites are so  

> fabulous, who really cares?

> 

> Many of you will, no doubt, have seen the "new" hall, which is, I  

> suppose, already a few years old, but even after many years living in  

> NYC it was a first for me. A fine afternoon spent there, and also  

> visiting my favorite Allosaurus in the dinosaur halls. Highly  

> recommended to anyone passing through the Big, Bad Apple.

> 

> Enjoy your weekend, and kind regards to all from The Baked Apple.

> 

> 

> Respectfully,

> 

> Geoff N.

> 

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