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A nice dinner with Patrick Herrmann, Jay Piatek and Bob Haag at Lil' Abners
Working the show in Tucson with Rob Wesel, Mike Bandli, Jason Phillips and Sonny Clary
Scott Mangus on the lookout
With Robert in the West, Texas, strewn field 2.20.9
Ray Pickard and thin section at the microscope
With Goose Lake at the US National Museum
Maddie on the hunt with Robert in Franconia
Maddie and Hazel Ward...two meteorite hunting buddies ;-)
Jackson on the hunt
Mark, Cole, Taylor, Lillie, Maddie and Stan checking out some rocks from space
Jackson and Bill Weaver digging targets in a Georgia field
Maddie with some Georgia meteorites and Georgiaites at the new Tellus Museum
Jim and Brian Shorten passing through
Robert Ward with a killer sign in Oman
Emma, Maddie and Lillie with Gao-Guenie, Sikhote-Alin and La Criolla
Spencer and Sikhote-Alin in Ohio
With Cole, Mrs. Vanacore, Maddie, Grace and Ryan at Cogburn Woods Elementary
Zach doing some teaching of his own at a Hopewell Middle School science fair
With Ahnighito at the AMNH
Maddie swinging away on the hunt
With Dr. Art Ehlmann at TCU's Monnig Museum
With Hans and his pile of Campos in Denver
With Tim, Jose and Marvin in Denver
In the field with Sean Murray
Shauna in the right area
Robert on target
Zach working the Lorenz in the field
The beginnings of a meteorite exhibit at Tellus Museum
Katy with her self-designed fireball manicure... you never know how far you can go until you've gone too far ;-)
Ray Pickard, down under, with all one needs: a meteor-detecting radio telescope, the main mass of L5 NWA 4485 and a killer sign ;-)
On top of a peak at Glorieta Mountain
With Michael Blood and Jerry Armstrong
With Robert Webb, Elachee's astronomer
Talking sky rocks with Adam, Julian and Jose from Tellus Museum
Eric, Sean, Dad and Jerry
Rocky Shipes with the remains of one of his 400-yard drives
Inspecting the famous Camp Verde meteorite with Frank Bopp at ASU
With Laurence Garvie, ASU's curator of meteorites, and Allende
With Moritz and Dima in Arizona
With 400 Palmer Middle School students all fired up about rocks on fire
Fellow MAG member, Sean Murray, closing a presentation with some comments on the mysterious tektites
With Jim, Robert, Greg, Michael, Shauna and Joey after a day of hunting
With Marvin Kilgore and his enormous Fukang pallasite main mass
Fun for all ages!
Katy, Zach and Suzanna reenact the famous Claxton impact
I'll keep that in mind...
Sean Northover, at student at Kennesaw Mountain High School, confirming the weight of a 32.6 kilogram fresh, oriented - YES, FLIGHT ORIENTED - chondrite
MAG meeting in my offices on 4.26.08
Sunny with the Statesboro main mass
Kris and the Statesboro main mass (photo by Maddie)
Out in Tucson with Robert, Mohammed, Michael, Adam and Jim
The proud owner of a new unclassified chondrite
With Bob Haag, his new oriented diogenite and Robert Ward in Tucson
Speaking to a group of magnate students at Kennesaw Mountain High School
At the remains of Nininger's original museum near Meteor Crater
With Robert Ward, his girlfriend, Shauna, Dad and Tom Bopp in Prescott, AZ
With Debra Morrissette, Pieter Heydelaar and Mbale in Phoenix
With Jim Strope and Michael Farmer at the Birthday Bash in Tucson
Connor, the budding meteorite collector and Georgia Tech placekicker
With David Hardy, Statesboro, and David's meteorite collection
With Eric Olson at his home in Fayetteville, NC
A priceless look on a kid's face after giving him a small chondrite at a local mineral & gem show
With Robert Ward and his incredible Dhofar 1143 recovery
Hunting the Franconia strewn field with Tom Bopp
With Ruben Garcia at Franconia
Hunting the Holbrook strewn field
Décor compliments of Dr. Svend Buhl
Harlan Trammell, THE Georgia meteorite man, and Kris with the Claxton mailbox back plate and a complete slice of the impactor
With Darryl Pitt and his new hat in Tucson
Bennett with two staples in life - a chunk of Mars and a bag of Cheetos
With Jock Hornor, Robert Webb, Maddie and Peter Gordon at Elachee Nature Science Center
Teaching a pre-K class at FasTracKids a little something about meteorites
Working with a group of students at East Cobb Middle School
Phoebe cutting her first weathered chondrite on a lapidary trim saw
Checking out some of Robert Ward's latest recovery photos with Bob Haag and Robert
Sammy and a 37 gram Martian Shergottite
Delivering a course on Meteoritics 101 to Cobb County's science teachers
Jake on an interstellar meteorite recovery mission
Checking out 'A Slice of Space' with David Hardy
Near the end of an unsuccessful hunt in New Mexico after trying my luck at a dry salt lake bed in Roosevelt County and having driven almost 800 miles that day chasing limited reports of a video-taped fireball -- top stuff!
Talking to a group of 3rd graders at The Galloway School about meteorites
Maddie and Sarah Jane with a 32.4 kilogram fresh Saharan chondrite
In the FALLING ROCKS room with MAG at our second meeting on October 6, 2007
Shannon, signaling world peace with a 5 kilogram Sikhote Alin
With Ed Albin, the Fernbank Science Center's Meteorite Collection Curator, and a nice Pultusk specimen
Jerry Armstrong, renowned amateur astronomer and cosmic artist, with a 277 gram L'Aigle specimen
With Jordan and Mars
With Jerry Armstrong after the privilege of a full day speaking to Cobb County's science teachers about the finer points of meteorites
Connor holding a chunk of the planet Mars!
Spending some time with the Georgia Mineral Society talking about rocks from space
Anita Westlake, a co-founder of the Meteorite Association of Georgia, with Martha Brown
Bob Haag and me holding a full slice of the beautiful Esquel pallasite
Jerry Armstrong, Harlan Trammell, Tim Cantwell, me, Martha Brown, John Iacullo and Anita Westlake at the Inaugural Meteorite Association of Georgia meeting at Jerry's house
With Kris and Maddie at Meteor Crater's rim
John Servold, a senior at Milton High School and a future geology student at Colorado State University holding the 277 gram L'Aigle specimen with a handwritten label from 1803
Jerry Armstrong and Claxton
Katy with the 6210 gram main mass of the Bassikounou H5 witnessed fall of October 16, 2006, in Mauretania
With Bob Haag and the main mass of the Djermaia witnessed fall from 1961 in Chad
Zach with the 7270 gram main mass of the Sahara 99168 unclassified chondrite
Giving small meteorites to a classroom of 4th graders
Maddie with the 3720 gram main mass of the Djermaia H chondrite witnessed fall of either February 18th or 25th in 1961 in Chad
With Maddie and the Holsinger Meteorite at Arizona's Meteor Crater



Ray Pickard and thin section at the microscope
Ray Pickard and thin section at the microscope

With Goose Lake at the US National Museum
With Goose Lake at the US National Museum

Scott Mangus on the lookout
Scott Mangus on the lookout

With Robert in the West, Texas, strewn field 2.20.9
With Robert in the West, Texas, strewn field 2.20.9

A nice dinner with Patrick Herrmann, Jay Piatek and Bob Haag at Lil' Abners
A nice dinner with Patrick Herrmann, Jay Piatek and Bob Haag at Lil' Abners

Working the show in Tucson with Rob Wesel, Mike Bandli, Jason Phillips and Sonny Clary
Working the show in Tucson with Rob Wesel, Mike Bandli, Jason Phillips and Sonny Clary

Jackson and Bill Weaver digging targets in a Georgia field
Jackson and Bill Weaver digging targets in a Georgia field

Maddie with some Georgia meteorites and Georgiaites at the new Tellus Museum
Maddie with some Georgia meteorites and Georgiaites at the new Tellus Museume

Jackson on the hunt
Jackson on the hunt

Mark, Cole, Taylor, Lillie, Maddie and Stan checking out some rocks from space
Mark, Cole, Taylor, Lillie, Maddie and Stan checking out some rocks from space

Maddie and Hazel Ward...two meteorite hunting buddies ;-)
Maddie and Hazel Ward...two meteorite hunting buddies ;-)

Maddie on the hunt with Robert in Franconia
Maddie on the hunt with Robert in Franconia

With Cole, Mrs. Vanacore, Maddie, Grace and Ryan at Cogburn Woods Elementary
With Cole, Mrs. Vanacore, Maddie, Grace and Ryan at Cogburn Woods Elementary

Zach doing some teaching of his own at a Hopewell Middle School science fair
Zach doing some teaching of his own at a Hopewell Middle School science fair

Emma, Maddie and Lillie with Gao-Guenie, Sikhote-Alin and La Criolla
Emma, Maddie and Lillie with Gao-Guenie, Sikhote-Alin and La Criolla

Spencer and Sikhote-Alin in Ohio
Spencer and Sikhote-Alin in Ohio

Jim and Brian Shorten passing through
Jim and Brian Shorten passing through

Robert Ward with a killer sign in Oman
Robert Ward with a killer sign in Oman

With Tim, Jose and Marvin in Denver
With Tim, Jose and Marvin in Denver

In the field with Sean Murray
In the field with Sean Murray

With Dr. Art Ehlmann at TCU's Monnig Museum
With Dr. Art Ehlmann at TCU's Monnig Museum

With Hans and his pile of Campos in Denver
With Hans and his pile of Campos in Denver

With Ahnighito at the AMNH
With Ahnighito at the AMNH

Maddie swinging away on the hunt
Maddie swinging away on the hunt

Katy with her self-designed fireball manicure... you never know how far you can go until you've gone too far ;-)
Katy with her self-designed fireball manicure... you never know how far you can go until you've gone too far ;-)

Ray Pickard, down under, with all one needs: a meteor-detecting radio telescope, the main mass of L5 NWA 4485 and a killer sign ;-)
Ray Pickard, down under, with all one needs: a meteor-detecting radio telescope, the main mass of L5 NWA 4485 and a killer sign ;-)

Zach working the Lorenz in the field
Zach working the Lorenz in the field

The beginnings of a meteorite exhibit at Tellus Museum
The beginnings of a meteorite exhibit at Tellus Museum

Shauna in the right area
Shauna in the right area

Robert on target
Robert on target

Eric, Sean, Dad and Jerry
Eric, Sean, Dad and Jerry

Rocky Shipes with the remains of one of his 400-yard drives
Rocky Shipes with the remains of one of his 400-yard drives

With Robert Webb, Elachee's astronomer
With Robert Webb, Elachee's astronomer

Talking sky rocks with Adam, Julian and Jose from Tellus Museum
Talking sky rocks with Adam, Julian and Jose from Tellus Museum

On top of a peak at Glorieta Mountain
On top of a peak at Glorieta Mountain

With Michael Blood and Jerry Armstrong
With Michael Blood and Jerry Armstrong

Fellow MAG member, Sean Murray, closing a presentation with some comments on the mysterious tektites
Fellow MAG member, Sean Murray, closing a presentation with some comments on the mysterious tektites

With Jim, Robert, Greg, Michael, Shauna and Joey after a day of hunting
With Jim, Robert, Greg, Michael, Shauna and Joey after a day of hunting

With Moritz and Dima in Arizona
With Moritz and Dima in Arizona

With 400 Palmer Middle School students all fired up about rocks on fire
With 400 Palmer Middle School students all fired up about rocks on fire

Inspecting the famous Camp Verde meteorite with Frank Bopp at ASU
Inspecting the famous Camp Verde meteorite with Frank Bopp at ASU

With Laurence Garvie, ASU's curator of meteorites, and Allende
With Laurence Garvie, ASU's curator of meteorites, and Allende

Sean Northover, at student at Kennesaw Mountain High School, confirming the weight of a 32.6 kilogram fresh, oriented - YES, FLIGHT ORIENTED - chondrite
Sean Northover, at student at Kennesaw Mountain High School, confirming the weight of a 32.6 kilogram fresh, oriented - YES, FLIGHT ORIENTED - chondrite

MAG meeting in my offices on 4.26.08
MAG meeting in my offices on 4.26.08

Katy, Zach and Suzanna reenact the famous Claxton impact
Katy, Zach and Suzanna reenact the famous Claxton impact

I'll keep that in mind...
I'll keep that in mind...

With Marvin Kilgore and his enormous Fukang pallasite main mass
With Marvin Kilgore and his enormous Fukang pallasite main mass

Fun for all ages!
Fun for all ages!

With Bob Haag, his new oriented diogenite and Robert Ward in Tucson
With Bob Haag, his new oriented diogenite and Robert Ward in Tucson

Speaking to a group of magnate students at Kennesaw Mountain High School
Speaking to a group of magnate students at Kennesaw Mountain High School

Out in Tucson with Robert, Mohammed, Michael, Adam and Jim
Out in Tucson with Robert, Mohammed, Michael, Adam and Jim

The proud owner of a new unclassified chondrite
The proud owner of a new unclassified chondrite

Sunny with the Statesboro main mass
Sunny with the Statesboro main mass

Kris and the Statesboro main mass (photo by Maddie)
Kris and the Statesboro main mass
(photo by Maddie)

Connor, the budding meteorite collector and Georgia Tech placekicker
Connor, the budding meteorite collector and Georgia Tech placekicker

With David Hardy, Statesboro, and David's meteorite collection
With David Hardy, Statesboro, and David's meteorite collection

With Debra Morrissette, Pieter Heydelaar and Mbale in Phoenix
With Debra Morrissette, Pieter Heydelaar and Mbale in Phoenix

With Jim Strope and Michael Farmer at the Birthday Bash in Tucson
With Jim Strope and Michael Farmer at the Birthday Bash in Tucson

At the remains of Nininger's original museum near Meteor Crater
At the remains of Nininger's original museum near Meteor Crater

With Robert Ward, his girlfriend, Shauna, Dad and Tom Bopp in Prescott, AZ
With Robert Ward, his girlfriend, Shauna, Dad and Tom Bopp in Prescott, AZ

With Ruben Garcia at Franconia
With Ruben Garcia at Franconia

Hunting the Holbrook strewn field
Hunting the Holbrook strewn field

With Robert Ward and his incredible Dhofar 1143 recovery
With Robert Ward and his incredible Dhofar 1143 recovery

Hunting the Franconia strewn field with Tom Bopp
Hunting the Franconia strewn field with Tom Bopp

With Eric Olson at his home in Fayetteville, NC
With Eric Olson at his home in Fayetteville, NC

A priceless look on a kid's face after giving him a small chondrite at a local mineral & gem show
A priceless look on a kid's face after giving him a small chondrite at a local mineral & gem show

With Jock Hornor, Robert Webb, Maddie and Peter Gordon at Elachee Nature Science Center
With Jock Hornor, Robert Webb, Maddie and Peter Gordon at Elachee Nature Science Center

Teaching a pre-K class at FasTracKids a little something about meteorites
Teaching a pre-K class at FasTracKids a little something about meteorites

With Darryl Pitt and his new hat in Tucson
With Darryl Pitt and his new hat in Tucson

Bennett with two staples in life - a chunk of Mars and a bag of Cheetos
Bennett with two staples in life - a chunk of Mars and a bag of Cheetos

Décor compliments of Dr. Svend Buhl
Décor compliments of Dr. Svend Buhl

Harlan Trammell, THE Georgia meteorite man, and Kris with the Claxton mailbox back plate and a complete slice of the impactor
Harlan Trammell, THE Georgia meteorite man, and Kris with the Claxton mailbox back plate and a complete slice of the impactor

Delivering a course on Meteoritics 101 to Cobb County's science teachers
Delivering a course on Meteoritics 101 to Cobb County's science teachers

Jake on an interstellar meteorite recovery mission
Jake on an interstellar meteorite recovery mission

Checking out some of Robert Ward's latest recovery photos with Bob Haag and Robert
Checking out some of Robert Ward's latest recovery photos with Bob Haag and Robert

Sammy and a 37 gram Martian Shergottite
Sammy and a 37 gram Martian Shergottite

Working with a group of students at East Cobb Middle School
Working with a group of students at East Cobb Middle School

Phoebe cutting her first weathered chondrite on a lapidary trim saw
Phoebe cutting her first weathered chondrite on a lapidary trim saw

In the FALLING ROCKS room with MAG at our second meeting on October 6, 2007
In the FALLING ROCKS room with MAG at our second meeting on October 6, 2007

Shannon, signaling world peace with a 5 kilogram Sikhote Alin
Shannon, signaling world peace with a 5 kilogram Sikhote Alin

Talking to a group of 3rd graders at The Galloway School about meteorites
Talking to a group of 3rd graders at The Galloway School about meteorites

Maddie and Sarah Jane with a 32.4 kilogram fresh Saharan chondrite
Maddie and Sarah Jane with a 32.4 kilogram fresh Saharan chondrite

Checking out 'A Slice of Space' with David Hardy
Checking out "A Slice of Space" with David Hardy

Near the end of an unsuccessful hunt in New Mexico after trying my luck at a dry salt lake bed in Roosevelt County and having driven almost 800 miles that day chasing limited reports of a video-taped fireball -- top stuff!
Near the end of an unsuccessful hunt in New Mexico after trying my luck at a dry salt lake bed in Roosevelt County and having driven almost 800 miles that day chasing limited reports of a video-taped fireball -- top stuff!

Connor holding a chunk of the planet Mars!
Connor holding a chunk of the planet Mars!

Spending some time with the Georgia Mineral Society talking about rocks from space
Spending some time with the Georgia Mineral Society talking about rocks from space

With Jordan and Mars
With Jordan and Mars

With Jerry Armstrong after the privilege of a full day speaking to Cobb County's science teachers about the finer points of meteorites
With Jerry Armstrong after the privilege of a full day speaking to Cobb County's science teachers about the finer points of meteorites

With Ed Albin, the  Fernbank Science Center's Meteorite Collection Curator, and a nice Pultusk specimen
With Ed Albin, the Fernbank Science Center's Meteorite Collection Curator, and a nice Pultusk specimen

Jerry Armstrong, renowned amateur astronomer and cosmic artist, with a 277 gram L'Aigle specimen
Jerry Armstrong, renowned amateur astronomer and cosmic artist, with a 277 gram L'Aigle specimen

John Servold, a senior at Milton High School and a future geology student at Colorado State University holding the 277 gram L'Aigle specimen with a handwritten label from 1803
John Servold, a senior at Milton High School and a future geology student at Colorado State University holding the 277 gram L'Aigle specimen with a handwritten label from 1803

Jerry Armstrong and Claxton
Jerry Armstrong and Claxton

Jerry Armstrong, Harlan Trammell, Tim Cantwell, me, Martha Brown, John Iacullo and Anita Westlake at the Inaugural Meteorite Association of Georgia meeting at Jerry's house
Jerry Armstrong, Harlan Trammell, Tim Cantwell, me, Martha Brown, John Iacullo and Anita Westlake at the Inaugural Meteorite Association of Georgia meeting at Jerry's house

With Kris and Maddie at Meteor Crater's rim
With Kris and Maddie at Meteor Crater's rim

Anita Westlake, a co-founder of the Meteorite Association of Georgia, with Martha Brown
Anita Westlake, a co-founder of the Meteorite Association of Georgia, with Martha Brown

Bob Haag and me holding a full slice of the beautiful Esquel pallasite
Bob Haag and me holding a full slice of the beautiful Esquel pallasite

Maddie with the 3720 gram main mass of the Djermaia H chondrite witnessed fall of either February 18th or 25th in 1961 in Chad
Maddie with the 3720 gram main mass of the Djermaia H chondrite witnessed fall of either February 18th or 25th in 1961 in Chad

With Maddie and the Holsinger Meteorite at Arizona's Meteor Crater
With Maddie and the Holsinger Meteorite at Arizona's Meteor Crater

Zach with the 7270 gram main mass of the Sahara 99168 unclassified chondrite
Zach with the 7270 gram main mass of the Sahara 99168 unclassified chondrite

Giving small meteorites to a classroom of 4th graders at Cogburn Woods Elementary
Giving small meteorites to a classroom of 4th graders at Cogburn Woods Elementary

Katy with the 6210 gram main mass of the Bassikounou H5 witnessed fall of October 16, 2006, in Mauretania
Katy with the 6210 gram main mass of the Bassikounou H5 witnessed fall of October 16, 2006, in Mauretania

With Bob Haag and the main mass of the Djermaia witnessed fall from 1961 in Chad
With Bob Haag and the main mass of the Djermaia witnessed fall from 1961 in Chad



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