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EUROPLANET Meteorites

ALH 84001

"Space Eyeful: A Virtual Space Microscope"

This website presents digitised microscope images of rare and usually inaccessible extraterrestrial samples.

The project is a collaboration between The Open University, The Natural History Museum, London, The Natural History Museum, Vienna and NASA’s Meteorite Working Group (MWG).

These microscope images investigate the make-up of objects in the Solar System such as the Moon, Mars and Asteroids.

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EUROPLANET Meteorites - Slides

Mooresfort

 Location: Tipperary, Ireland
...

High Possil

Location: High Possil, Glasgow, Scotland...

Kalahari 009

Location: Botswana
Rock type:...

Chandakapur

Location: India
Co-ordinates: 20...

DAG 400

Dar al Gani 400
Location: Libya...

Allende

Location: The village of Pueblito de...

EUROPLANET Meteorites - About

The microscope images you see have been produced using sophisticated microscopes fitted with digital cameras.
http://www.open.ac.uk/earth-research/tindle/AGT/AGT_Home_2010/Hardware.html