Saudi Arabia | Rare photos reveal the moment a 3.5-ton meteorite was found in the Empty Quarter desert

Arab Weather - Sinan Khalaf - For nearly 55 years, a National Geographic team visited an important site in the Empty Quarter desert of Saudi Arabia, which witnessed the fall of a celestial meteorite about 4 centuries ago.

During the 1966 visit, the team took rare high-resolution images of the site, including these by American magazine photographer Thomas J. Abercrombie, which shows meteorites at the site.

According to M. Majed Abu Zahra The discovery of the 3.5-ton meteorite was attributed to the British explorer John Philby, and it is currently on display in the Saudi National Museum.

According to studies conducted by the Department of Geology at King Saud University, it is estimated that that space body collided with Earth nearly 400 years ago.