Carancas Fall - Sept 15th, 2007 11am
Just near lake Titicaca in Peru.
Big impact of maybe +- 1. ton of H4 stone meteorite-
HUGE
mushroom impact cloud!
people knocked down and animals killed, terrified
the countryside.
blast removed 1000 tons of soil. Meteorite mostly destroyed... to dust!-
99% of the soft rock. Some remains in the crater - as mud now.
Bob at the crater-now its a big tourist site!
Locals with rewards for their discoveries-everybody is happy.
Cool people and place!
A bowl full of fragment recovered in right after the fall
About 1500 grams-
mostly dust-about 35%-some nice fragments also This may
be related to mabe*
(Haley comet) Hey folks-this is lots of work to get
this believe me. Involves
several
dozen people and many man days hunting.
tiny crumbs....
Biggest piece 78g. H4 chondrite
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