Hello Matthias and List, > http://www.fallingrocks.com/Collections/Mbale.htm
The same picture but black & white can also be found on p. 247 of an article in Meteoritics! => The Mbale meteorite shower, Meteoritics 29-2, Mar 1994, pp. 246-254 <= The text says: "This young boy is the first to survive the common fear of a meteorite fall, that is, to be hit on the head. The meteorite, No. 23 weighing 3.6 grams was slowed down by the leaves of a banana plant." .. and, the incident was mentioned a in Sky & Tel. article but there is no picture of the boy - Sky & Telescope, June 1993, pp. 96-97: The Day That Rained Stones "As far as we know, no one was injured during the falls - incredible considering the dozens of meteorites that must have rained down on that densely populated area. A 4-gram fragment did hit a boy from Doko on the head, but he was not hurt." Best wishes, Bernd ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
