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| 130502 - Image of the Month for May |
A well etched part-slice of Morasko. A main group IAB Iron, first found in Poland during 1914.Image courtesy of Gemma Thomas. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images.
The "image of the month" cupboard is now bear - more submissions are needed! |
| 130326 - Image of the month for April |
Some intriguing SEM images of Bristol impact layer spherules feature as this months image. These were taken at the University of Derby and are provided by Graham Ensor. We are particularly proud to feature these unique images. Further details on the Bristol imact layer can be read at Aubrey Whymark's site here. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images.
As always, more submission for the image of the month would be welcome. |
| 130303 - Image of the Month for March |
This month it's a fully crusted individual of the Gao-Guenie fall, from March 1960 in Burkino Faso. This image is provided courtesy of Gemma Thomas. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images.
I'm getting low on image of the month submissions, please mail your images to me or contact me via the forum if you don't already know my email address. |
| 130201 - Image of the Month for February |
This month it's a specimen from the public display of meteorites at the Natural History Museum, London. Johnstown sets the standard for beautifully fresh diogenites as it was seen to fall over Colorado in 1924, this specimen is a great example. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images.
Image of the month submissions are always required for future months, please mail me any images you could offer. |
| 130101 - Stargazing Live |
The BBC Stargazing Live events start this week. There are currently 455 events listed here and the televised events are listed here.
BIMS are attending the Event at Tatton Park in Cheshire on Thursday 10th January 2013, starting at 6pm. Unfortunately tickets are no longer available, but if you're going we look forward to seeing you there. |
| 130101 - Happy New Year |
Happy New Year to all BIMS members and visitors.
This months image of the month is a very nicely etched Canyon Diablo specimen. The image was provided by Gemma Thomas. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images.
Image of the month submissions are still required for future months, please mail me any images you may have taken. |
| 121130 - Image of the Month for December |
This months image appears courtesy of Kieron Heard and is a very welcome shot of his 1.9g Appley Bridge specimen. Appley Bridge is an English LL6 meteorite that fell in October 1914. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images. Details and images of the recent BIMS visit to Appley Bridge are contained in the members forum here. If you're registered on the forum, but don't have access to the members area please fill in the form on our membership page.
I'm still short of images for the future, so I'd urge any members to get a photo or two sent in!
On a separate issue, there has been a growing number of attempts to post spam in our forums. Due to this I've disabled some free email services, including hotmail, from being used on the forum. If this has affected any of our regular and legitimate users please let me know and I'll try to resolve it for you. |
| 121103 - Image of the Month for November |
This months image has been kindly provided by Mike Simms. It's the first time our members image of the month has been an unclassified NWA stone, but this specimen is really worth a closer look. The 36g slice is likely from an L chondrite meteorite and has amazing shock veins running right across it. The L chondrite parent body suffered a catastrophic break-up event ~470 million years ago, that accounts for the many L chondrite meteorites on Earth. These shock veins give us an idea of the forces involved in this break-up. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images.
Again, I'm still relatively short of images for future months and would welcome submissions. Please send them via email, message me on the forums if you don't already have my email address. Thank you. |
| 121006 - British Meteorite News |
Two pieces of news related to British meteorites from the past couple of days:
- Firstly, Rob Elliott (of Fernlea Meteorites fame) is interviewed on the STV site here. The article is titled "Meteorite rocks believed to be worth £1m found in potato field" and it relates to Rob's most recent cold find in fields a few miles from the Perth fall in 1830. The stones Rob has found are not from the Perth fall however and represent a previously unknown fall.
- Secondly, the Lake House (or Wiltshire) meteorite has now made it's way into the Meteoritical Bulletin Database here. This opens up the possibility of further research on the stone being published.
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| 120930 - Image of the Month for October |
Our 42nd Members Image of the Month, but only the 5th iron featured, this month we have Gan Gan (Iron, IVA). This is a nicely prepared sample from the 1984 Argentinian find. Many thanks to Gemma Thomas for the image. Click here to view the image in the Gallery or here for our archive of all previous "Image of the Month" images.
As last month, I'm still relatively short of images to add and would welcome more submissions. Please end them via email, message me on the forums if you don't already have my email address. |
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