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Sahara Desert

Tucson Show - 2010

Date: 02/08/2010
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Geoffrey Notkin

Geoffrey Notkin

Geoffrey starts the Birthday Bash celebration by showing a special "Meteorite Men" video created by the production team - it pretty much blew us all away - but what else would you expect from a room full of meteorite nerds?

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 1283
Geoffrey and Steve

Geoffrey and Steve

At the end of the video we saw old pictures of Steve as a past all-American footballer and Geoff as a past long-haired punk rocker - scientists are still trying to determine why they are now teamed up looking for space rocks

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 1327
Steve Arnold & Steve Arnold

Steve Arnold & Steve Arnold

In a moment of real class - Steve Arnold of Meteorite Men presented Steve Arnold of Chicago with a "Steve Arnold of Chicago Meteorite Men" poster - a really cool thing to do - look closely at the picture to see the poster held by Steve

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 1380
Back to Geoffrey

Back to Geoffrey

Geoffrey at the microphone being Geoffrey - when he is not out finding little black rocks he could probably find a little side work in the future by taking over Simon's place on "American Idol"

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 1228
Harvey Award - Robert Ward

Harvey Award - Robert Ward

Robert shakes hands with Steve Arnold after the announcement of his Harvey Award - he has been on many important hunts over the last few years and he has also been a buyer of many meteorite artifacts

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 1315
Robert Ward

Robert Ward

Robert makes his acceptance speech - he is holding his award which was a cool little base with a meteorite on top!

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 1840
Harvey Award - Jim Strope

Harvey Award - Jim Strope

Jim Strope of "CatchaFallingStar.com" receives his Harvey Award - he has been a behind the scenes player in meteorite hunting and collecting for many years!

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 1382
"Meteorite Men" Alpha Field Map

"Meteorite Men" Alpha Field Map

Steve Arnold finally shows everyone the map of the secret Alpha Location strewnfield - unfortunately the picture was a little too dark too see or photograph from my seat - hmmmm...

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 1262
"Meteorite Men" Alpha Field Photos

"Meteorite Men" Alpha Field Photos

The second card was a photo of the actual Alpha Site strewnfield while they were searching it at night - they reported an encounter with a rattlesnake - this one was also to dark to see or photograph - a little bit suspect!

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 1363
SKY BAR - Take Three

SKY BAR - Take Three

Another chance to find yourself in the crowd!

Date: 01/01/2000
Views: 1164
Harvey Award - Jack Schrader

Harvey Award - Jack Schrader

Jack was able to triangulate and find the Whetstone Mountains meteorite - a great achievement and one of the reasons for his Harvey Award

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 1294
Back to Geoffrey ... Again

Back to Geoffrey ... Again

This time Geoffrey is using two microphones - both his and Steve's - I think he was talking about Steve's wife Qynne Arnold - known as Mrs. Meteorite Hunter - she also won a Harvey Award!

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 1118
Harvey Award - Dr. Svend Buhl

Harvey Award - Dr. Svend Buhl

Svend has been a prolific meteorite hunter over the last decade - he received a Harvey Award for recognition of all his achievements in the meteorite field

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 1447
Dr. Svend Buhl

Dr. Svend Buhl

His website - niger-meteorite-recon.de - is an incredible learning resource as well as a great place to see his fantastic collection!

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 1344
Lawrence of Arabia

Lawrence of Arabia

As Geoff pointed out when giving Svend his award - this is the absolute best photograph ever taken of a meteorite hunter in the field - look at his head scarf blowing back in the desert wind - a modern day Lawrence of Arabia!

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 1296
Harvey Award - Hopper the Dog

Harvey Award - Hopper the Dog

Ruben Garcia accepts a Harvey Award for Hopper the Dog who found one of the first meteorites right after the Ash Creek meteorite fall and brought it to the front porch of its owner's home - Ruben adopted the dog!

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 1477
Tight Security

Tight Security

Professional Security Guard Mike Jensen stands behind Geoff to keep all the riff-raff in the audience away from our newest TV stars

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 1464
Watching out for Groupies

Watching out for Groupies

Professional Security Guard Bill Jensen watches carefully as TV star Steve Arnold signs an autograph for "Meteorite Men" groupie Leigh Anne DelRay

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 1283
Protecting the Talent

Protecting the Talent

Security Guard Mike Jensen shows his superb protection skills as he holds back groupie Leigh Anne DelRay from getting to close to the Talent

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 1247
Harvey Award - Shauna Russell

Harvey Award - Shauna Russell

The last Harvey Award of the night went to Shauna Russell who has been on her fair share of meteorite hunts recently - she continues to participate in the newest finds all over the world

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 1325
Shauna Russell

Shauna Russell

Shauna is the hunter who had several famous photos published on the web of her pointing to a meteorite in the Ash Creek strewnfield while laying in a pile of cow "business" - who cares? - you go girl!

Date: 02/09/2010
Views: 1198
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