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

2021-11-09 2021-11-09T20:51:30Z
سنان خلف
سنان خلف
محرر أخبار جوية- قسم التواصل الاجتماعي

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">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.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> 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.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> 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.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> 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. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/uploads-2020/254780393_5201035646579059_2949180704472230312_n.jpg" style="width: 768px; height: 600px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/uploads-2020/253923869_5201035463245744_2601989328156861418_n.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 449px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/uploads-2020/254543803_5201035836579040_399009699923329901_n.jpg" style="width: 450px; height: 600px;" /></p>

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