Tag Archives: Meteorite
A Cut Above
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The Meteor Knife from Perceval – a Damascus steel blade (made from hammer-welding and multi-forging strips of iron and steel) attached to a handle carved from the Muonionalusta meteorite discovered in 1906 near the village of Kitkiöjärvi on the Sweden/Finland border.
No two the same.
Yours for between €4,500 and €4,720.
Behold what’s thought to be the first ever video footage of a meteorite falling to earth during its ‘dark flight’, or straight trajectory terminal velocity stage.
In the summer of 2012, Anders Helstrup of the Oslo Parachute Club jumped from a small plane. His helmetcam records him deploying his chute and – seconds later – a falling meteorite (travelling at about 300km/h) clearing him by just meters.
(H/T: John Gallen)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIMKQihoYRI&feature=youtu.be
This hit Russia early this morning.
Not a great way to start a Friday.
Kempton Heath, Navan Road, Dublin yesterday at 3.10pm.
A rare daytime meteorite? Or something more sinister?
Dave Tolan writes:
A possible Meteorite visible through clouds. It clearly does not look like contrails of an aircraft. And must have been quite big to have been visible in daylight. Anyone?