Description
Alabama’s had a crazy history with Meteors! It has the only Deep South meteor crater. A woman was hit by a nine-pound meteor and lived to tell the tale. It is the only state with a license plate motto that says “Stars Fell on Alabama”, referring to a meteor storm in the early 1800s. And more.
From Out of the Sky….will not only tell you these storied events but help you drive to them and see the history yourself. If you aren’t in Alabama, that’s okay, you can take the trip virtually with this book.
But From Out of the Sky…. is not just about these three events. It will teach you how to observe meteors, meteor showers and fireballs. When to look. What to look forward. How to look and record them with your own eyes or with electronic means. What you can learn from your observations and for teachers of astronomy how to teach about them. Finally, it will give you the basics of how to tell a meteorite from an Earth rock, and where to see some for yourself.
