[meteorite-list] Park Forest
From: Sharkkb8_at_aol.com <Sharkkb8_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:06 2004 Message-ID: <1dc.71253e3.2bc4bdf1_at_aol.com> --part1_1dc.71253e3.2bc4bdf1_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Rob Elliott wrote: << A 4" diameter hole in the grass next to the sidewalk looked good, so I knelt down and began digging ....[snip].....Paul had found the hole, so it was his to keep. Gregory took a few photographs of the "dig", with me covered in slimy mud, so I'm sure he'll enjoy posting those pics pretty soon ;-) >> As requested. Paul Sipiera is the head of the Planetary Studies Foundation, and among other things is a veteran of a number of Antarctic meteorite collecting expeditions (obviously not private enterprises), so he's somewhat of an "old hand" at this....and thus could easily manipulate Rob into being the "muddy hand". The last picture shows how nicely the ~300+ grammer cleaned up; unfortunately the same thing couldn't be said for Rob as well. ;-) Alas, it was to be the only recovery the three of us would make. I have little scars and blotches all over my hands from the prolonged period of time in the cracklingly cold air.......but what a great time, though! http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/paulsrock1.jpg http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/paulsrock2.jpg http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/paulsrock3.jpg Gregory --part1_1dc.71253e3.2bc4bdf1_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE= =3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"> <BR> Rob Elliott wrote:<BR> <BR> << <I>A 4" diameter hole in the grass next to the sidewalk looke= d good, so I knelt down and began digging ....[snip].....Paul had foun= d the hole, so it was his to keep. Gregory took a few photographs of the "di= g", with me covered in slimy mud, so I'm sure he'll enjoy posting those pics= pretty soon</I> ;-) >><BR> <BR> As requested. Paul Sipiera is the head of the <B>Planetary Studi= es Foundation</B>, and among other things is a veteran of a number of Antarc= tic meteorite collecting expeditions (obviously not private enterprises), so= he's somewhat of an "old hand" at this....and thus could easily manipulate=20= Rob into being the "muddy hand". The last picture shows how nice= ly the ~300+ grammer cleaned up; unfortunately the same thing couldn't be sa= id for Rob as well. ;-)<BR> <BR> Alas, it was to be the only recovery the three of us would make. = I have little scars and blotches all over my hands from the prolonged perio= d of time in the cracklingly cold air.......but what a great time, though!&n= bsp; <BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE= =3D3 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D2= FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"arial" LANG=3D"0">http://members.aol.com/shark= kb8/paulsrock1.jpg<BR> http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/paulsrock2.jpg<BR> http://members.aol.com/sharkkb8/paulsrock3.jpg<BR> <BR> Gregory</FONT></HTML> --part1_1dc.71253e3.2bc4bdf1_boundary-- Received on Tue 08 Apr 2003 08:06:09 PM PDT |
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