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Collecting Meteorites in Antarctica

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: a-ast70-00012

Image Size 300 DPI: 41 * 27 cm

A Nasa team examines a meteorite on the blue ice field in the Miller Range. The black fusion crust, formed when the sample heated up in the Earth’s atmosphere as it was falling to the ground, helps the team spot samples in the field.

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2015 - ANTARCTICA - ASTRONOMY - HUMAN - ICE - METEORITE - PERSON - SNOW -