Extraterrestrial patterns - a photo on Flickriver

Earlier this year, my son and I went to video-tape the private space collection of Steve Jurvetson at Future Ventures: bit.ly/3wt0MtW. I took some photos after the video session.

Besides human made space artifacts, Steve also collects extraterrestrial objects. He has Moon rocks, Mars rocks, and rare meteorites originating from many places in our solar system. This iron meteorite has a unique pattern that cannot form on Earth. I love this pattern! The captured area is about 7.5 inches / 20 cm across.

From the placard: SEYMCHAN METEORITE SLICE, Stony-iron Pallasite - PMG, Magadan District, Russia. This slice of a Seymchan meteorite shows the crystalline pattern of the alloys that comprise the meteorite, known as the Widmanstätten pattern, a 3D matrix that could not form in Earth's gravity. This unique “fingerprint" serves as a diagnostic in the identification of iron meteorites. Only 1% of all meteorites are pallasites.

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-- ƒ/4.0, 50 mm, 1/320 sec, ISO 200, Sony A6000, SEL-50F18, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC7361_hdr1pho1bal1rea1f.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography

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Taken in: United States / California / Los Altos (show map)

Taken on: March 29, 2021

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Camera: Sony ILCE-6000, f/4.0, 1/320 sec, 50mm (=75mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-6000
Lens:	Sony E 50mm F1.8 OSS
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	50mm (35mm equivalent: 75mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto bracket
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Pixelmator Pro 2.1.3
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