The cigognes (storks), Alsatian symbol and good-luck charm, were at their post and ready to welcome us all to the 20th Salon de Ensisheim on Friday June 21. This year the Show was back in the Palais de la Regence, just in time to celebrate its anniversary where it all started in 2000. A commemorative medal shows the fall of […]
During the recent Tucson Show I had the pleasure of a visit by Mary-Elizabeth Zucolotto, curator of the meteorite collection of the Museum of Rio. We had a long chat about the recent fire of the museum and its aftermath; she showed me many pictures on her cell phone, told me about all the efforts to recover so many artifacts
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Almahata Sitta: Happy Birthday Almahata Sitta!! Almahata Sitta is 10 years old! It was the first meteorite to be identified as such before it even hit the ground. The story has been told many times but it is worth repeating. On the night of October 6, 2008, Richard Kowalski was the Catalina Sky Survey astronomer on duty under the
