After the meteorites are found in the field, they are shipped still
frozen to the Antarctic Meteorite Curation labs at the Johnson Space
Center in Houston, Texas. There the meteorites are carefully dried and
cracked open, and small pieces are broken out for study as thin
sections. From these initial characterizations, a short description is
written up and distributed bi-annually in the Antarctic Meteorite
Newsletter. From these descriptions, meteorite researchers can request
samples to conduct their own science on the specimens. As of June of
this year, more thant 10,000 specimens had been distributed to more than
200 scientists from 52 different labs around the world.
> Впрочем, проблема для Антарктиды сугубо местная - для районов, где есть выходы на поверхность льда горных вершин.
ну, разве не тупые ?-
Unfortunately, its not always that easy. Most of the areas ANSMET goes
to are near the Transantarctic Mountains, since it is those mountains
which block the flow of ice to the sea and create the meteorite
stranding surfaces. As a result, many of these areas have some density
of wind-blown rock across their surface, and if that rock is black in
color, finding the meteorites can be difficult. Can you tell which of
the rocks in this image is a meteorite?
