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Icy hot
*X-Files theme begins to softly play*
In 2006, I took part in an expedition to Antarctica to hunt for meteorites. Antarctica is one of the best places in the world to find them because of the contrast against the frozen continent. This photos shows us discovering our first meteorite on the frontier. This rock looked different than just a rock; it had a special character that said it was not of Earth. Glazed with black patina, there were crazed marks as if it had been fired in a kiln at the wrong temperature. It had an odd shape, sculpted by a fiery entry into Earth’s atmosphere and naturally shaped into something similar to what rocket engineers design for the heat shields on spacecraft.
More photos from Antarctica and my missions to space can be found on my [twitter](https://twitter.com/astro_Pettit) and Instagram, astro_pettit
Most of your research team are really quite short
“Hey there little guy, don’t be scared. Ya hungry?”
Honest question, how often are dark rocks like that encountered in this white landscape?
“Hello, I would like to science”
https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/994392-penguins
Humans are cute
Yep. Nope. I’ve seen this movie before thank you very much.
How many scientists do you need to recover a rock from the ground? 🙂 Sorry, it reminded my of a joke, nice job
It’s probably just bear shit
The original Canada Goose Big Red Jackets.
Make sure there isn’t a Joe Dort thing going on here first…
Wait, who didn’t go to to the edge of camp to poop!?
“bow down and worship me, for I come from space”
🙄 Don’t go digging shit up in Antarctica. We’ve all seen the movies…
looks like the monkey men about to touch the monolith in 2001
“that’s a space peanut”
You pick it up. No you pick it. You pick it up, I picked up the last one. Hey have the new guy pick it up. New guy: I’m not going anywhere near that! You pick it up.
Considering the way penguins collect rocks and pebbles, I’d check there first…
“The Clawwwwwwww”
Great pics.
The Canada Goose must be keeping you warm eh
Does your employer cover the cost of the expensive Canada Goose Expedition jackets?
Last one to cum in it gets to take it home?
It’s a turd
Anyone have any explanation of how a sizable meteorite ends up on the surface of the ice sheet. Why is it not embedded initially from impact? why does a black rock not heat up and sink into the ice. By what mechanism would a meteorite be uncovered without geological processes and sedimentary erosion? Cha cha cheers.
“Watch Clark. Watch him good”
“Well, there it is” “feast your eyes on it”
They were disappointed when it turned out to be a frozen turd