Fred wrote: I am trying to put a display together on the Nordlinger-Reis crater for the Mineral Show here in Denver next month. I am looking for two photos for the display. One showing the walled town in the impact crater and another of Gene Shoemaker standing by the church made of impact breccia.
Hello Fred and List, Correct spelling = Ries not Reis ;-) => Nördlinger Ries <= While I can't come up with the desired photo of Gene Shoemaker standing by the church made of suevite (by the way the church has an official name, it's the St. Georgskirche or St. George's Church and its 90-meter high tower was dubbed the "Daniel" by the people of the town of Nördlingen), I will attach a photo in my private mail to you, a photo that shows E.C.T. Chao, Gene Shoemaker, and R. Dehm in 1983 standing in front of the Nördlingen townhall. The text says that these three celebrities did groundbreaking work and thus solved the Ries mystery. The photo was scanned from this booklet: KAVASCH J. (1985) Meteoritenkrater Ries - Ein geologischer Führer, p.32. KAVASCH J. (1985) Ries Meteorite Crater - A geological Guide, p. 32. Best wishes, Bernd ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list