Scientists index Oman's galaxy of meteors

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German and Swiss scientists help the Sultanate to catalogue its record haul of valuable meteorites.
Deep in the heart of the Omani desert, the search is on for rocks worth millions of dollars: not diamonds but rubble that has fallen from the sky.

A group of German and Swiss scientists are working with the Omani government to catalogue the vast number of meteorites that lay strewn across the desert - famed as the place with the world's second largest cache of heavenly rocks.

Al Jazeera's Andrew Hopkins reports from Oman.

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2012/01/20121218512667164.html

Gruß
Siegfried

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Danke für den Link, Siegfried!  

Wenn ich mich nicht irre, ist sogar ein Forumsmitglied in dem Film zu sehen.

Grüße

Martin

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Wie ich gerade sehe, sind einige 'Früchte' der Arbeit im Jahr 2012 nun auch offiziell registriert:

Dhofar 1784 (LL3-6), Jiddat al Harasis 818 (CV3), Jiddat al Harasis 830 (L3)
Ramlat as Sahmah 464 (H3), Ramlat as Sahmah 470 (L3-5), Ramlat as Sahmah 474 (L3), Ramlat as Sahmah 477 (H3-6), Sayh al Uhaymir 575 (L3-6)

 

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