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Northwest Africa 5000 A Cosmic Masterpiece Photo Gallery
| Click on Photo Buttons to view Photo and Descriptions. |
Right side view of the Northwest Africa 5000 Main Mass
| Photo credit: Adam Hupe, The Hupe Planetary Collection |
Rear view of Northwest Africa 5000 Main Mass. Note the brown fusion crust, atmospheric flight markings (regmaglypts) and attractive desert patina.
| Photo credit: Pat McGiffert, Creative Services, University of Washington |
Left side view of Northwest Africa 5000 Main Mass. Here is another great view of the regmaglypts and fusion crust.
| Photo credit: Pat McGiffert, Creative Services, University of Washington |
View of Northwest Africa 5000 Main Mass (left) next to replica (right). This image approximates the appearance before a single complete slice and end-cut were liberated.
| Photo credit: Pat McGiffert, Creative Services, University of Washington |
Close-up of 7.5 gram, 23mm X 23mm X 5mm, 280-grit polished part slice. This close-up shows gabbro clasts surrounded by preferentially oriented breccia mantles. This is the first time observed in any moon rock and is what lends the handsome contrast.
| Photo credit: Adam Hupe, The Hupe Planetary Collection |
Dr. Donald Brownlee of NASA Stardust fame holding uncut Northwest Africa 5000 meteorite in triumph over his head. This image lends scale to entire uncut stone. Note the hollow in the front of the stone. This is where the prevailing Saharan winds etched out a giant gabbro clast.
| Photo credit: Zann Ovitt, Team LunarRock |
The only complete slice being mounted in a hermetically sealed one-of-a-kind display ring manufactured to aerospace standards.
This is the world�s largest moon rock slice. The inaugural public viewing of this slice caused great excitement at the 39th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston where over 1,500 planetary scientists were in attendance.
Photo credit: Steve Domonkos, Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington |
Magnified image of petrologic thin-section taken in cross-polarized light. Shocked gabbro crystals are evident in this picture.
| Photo credit: Tom Phillips, Microscopic Meteorite Gallery |
Magnified image of petrologic thin-section taken in cross-polarized light. Dramatic shock induced flow is recorded in this image of a vein.
| Photo credit: Tom Phillips, Microscopic Meteorite Gallery |
Magnified image of petrologic thin-section taken in cross-polarized light. Note astonishing solar wind implanted gas bubbles (Helium 3) imbedded in Matrix.
| Photo credit: Tom Phillips, Microscopic Meteorite Gallery |
Magnified image of petrologic thin-section taken in cross-polarized light. Another view of solar wind implanted gas bubbles. An excellent likeness to the number "7" can be seen on this cropped image.
| Photo credit: Tom Phillips, Microscopic Meteorite Gallery |
Charlie Duke, NASA Apollo 16 Astronaut and the 10th man to walk on the Moon using Northwest Africa 5000 complete slice as a centerpiece at the Chicago Field Museum.
| Photo credit: Dr. Antony Irving, Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington |
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