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Who found a meteorite in 2010?
Steve asked everyone in the crowd who found a meteorite in 2010 to raise their hand - wow a ton of hands went up - I'm so glad he didn't ask the people who have NEVER found a meteorite to raise their hand - mine was holding a drink
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 512
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Harvey Award - Matt Morgan
The first winner was Matt Morgan for all the contributions he has made throughout years to many aspects of meteorite collecting, investigating, curating, and preparing - the award he is holding has a Yelland Dry Lake on top
Date: 01/01/00
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Harvey Award - Eric Wichman
Eric received an award for his efforts to start Meteorite Collecting & Hunting Magazine - Steve and Geoff also said that it might have helped their decision a tiny bit when Eric put them on the cover of the second issue - smart move
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 580
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Fluffy - The Meteorite Finding Cat
We all know about Hopper and Brix the meteorite finding dogs - but have you ever heard of Fluffy the meteorite finding cat? - Steve bought Fluffy to the event to give a demo - those are rare earth magnets attached to her feet
Date: 01/01/00
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Fluffy heading into the Strewnfield
No better way to prove the skill of this cat than to have Fluffy enter an actual strewnfield in order to collect meteorites - fortunately there happened to be a strewnfield in the middle of the Sky Bar - yet another one I have missed
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 560
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Fluffy - 8 Finds / Russ - 0 Finds
Steve and Geoff count up the number of recoveries made by Fluffy - the small mechanical cat managed to make 8+ more meteorite finds than I have ever made - and I even own a GPS and a magnet stick - grrrrrr
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 528
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Harvey Award - Laurence Garvie
He is both a Faculty Research Associate and the Collections Manager at the ASU Center for Meteorite Studies
Date: 02/11/11
Views: 675
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Laurence Garvie's Certificate
Laurence is not only an excellent researcher but he also advised and made an appearance on the Science Channel's Meteorite Men television show (which was just renewed for a third season)
Date: 01/01/00
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Geoff Reading from his new Book
Geoff took some time to read a few passages from his new book - it appears to be a collection of original punk rock lyrics and screaming poems that Geoff wrote in the 90s while meditating in a field of clover - good PG-13 stuff
Date: 01/01/00
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Meteorite Hunting
I'm sorry - that must have been Geoff's other book - the book pictured above IS actually about meteorite hunting - I bought my own at the show and it is GREAT - get your own copy here before Geoff runs out: http://meteoritehunters.tv
Date: 02/11/11
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Harvey Award - Rob Matson
Over the years Rob has been an important member of the meteorite community and he has also become one of the key experts on the use of NEXRAD Doppler radar images to aid in strewnfield locating for recent meteorite falls
Date: 02/11/11
Views: 600
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Harvey Award - Martin Altmann
If you don't know who Martin Altmann is then you must not be a subscriber of the Meteorite List (MetList) - his postings are legendary (and long - and even longer if Jason starts up a debate) - he also sells VERY nice stones as well
Date: 02/11/11
Views: 649
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Steve holds up Martin's Certificate
I can't see the fine print - but I think it is a Universal Export Permit (UEP) which is valid for any country on Earth plus Antarctica - it was signed by the appropriate UN section heads and it is considered a personal treaty (PT)
Date: 01/01/00
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Geoff with a Geiger-Müller Counter
Geoff prepares to check out the radioactivity of the SECRET stone they recovered from Area 51 on "Meteorite Men" - based on the strange clicking noises I could hear - the stone seemed to exceed the safe exposure limits
Date: 01/01/00
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Geoff holds up the Alien Stone
Steve holds the case that was handcuffed to Geoff's wrist while he pulls out the Area 51 Alien Stone (it looked a little like an L/LL/LLL2 or possibly even a CV8) - Tom Phillips should micro-image it for further study
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 490
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The Stone is taken by the Military
Unfortunately we will never know the true classification of the Area 51 meteorite because a team of soldiers swooped into the event and retrieved the stone - maybe we will learn more during "Meteorite Men" Season Three - stay tuned
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 480
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Harvey Award - Suzanne Morrison
Another meteorite community member - Suzanne was recognized not only for her many contributions but also for her great photographic work - especially with the Meteorite Men
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 528
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Geoff Notkin and Sonya Gay Bourn
Geoff checks for radioactivity in the gift for Sonya - I think it was clean - as the Senior Producer she travelled on location during the filming of Meteorite Men and she had some really funny comments about their adventures
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 739
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Harvey Award - Richard Kowalski
The final award winner was Richard Kowalski for all his great astronomy work including the tracking of Almahata Sitta all the way from outer space to its final strewnfield landing zone - a really big achievement!
Date: 01/01/00
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Cindy, Steve, and John
Once the awards ceremony and birthday celebration was complete everyone spent the rest of the night relaxing and mingling with the various folks from around the world - I took this shot of Cindy and John Hawkinson with Steve Arnold
Date: 01/01/00
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The Big Ones
The next morning it was time to get serious and buy some big stuff - so I headed out to Ismaily's room first thing - surprisingly there were still some good items left - in this photo you can see the Fisler's were shopping as well
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 687
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