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Chunk of Green Glass Fell from the sky into my driveway! This is a picture of one of the larger chunks. Several of the smaller pieces were all in one place like it was the point of impact. The larger pieces were found from 8 - 20 feet away.
tektite, tektite [Credit: Courtesy of Dean Chapman and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, California] any of a class of small, natural glassy objects that are found only in certain areas of the Earth’s surface. The term is derived from the Greek wo...
tektite, tektite [Credit: Courtesy of Dean Chapman and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, California] any of a class of small, natural glassy objects that are found only in certain areas of the Earth’s surface. The term is derived from the Greek word tēktos, meaning “melted,” or “molten.” Tektites have been the subject of intense scientific scrutiny throughout much of the 20th century owing to their unknown and possibly extraterrestrial origins, but they are now recognized as having formed from the melting and rapid cooling of terrestrial rocks that have been vaporized by the high-energy impacts of large meteorites, comets, or asteroids upon the surface of the Earth.
Chunk of Green Glass Fell from the sky into my driveway! This is a picture of one of the larger chunks. Several of t...