Your best shot at finding an intact meteorite is to look in a place that stays hot and dry.
Finding meteorites on your roof.
The first step is to keep safety in mind when you re up on a ladder or crouching on your roof scanning your gutters for meteorites.
Deserts are one of the best climates to search.
Seven years ago jon larsen was preparing to eat his breakfast outside at his home in norway when a meteorite slammed onto his patio table.
But the meteorite didn t do any damage because it was the size of a piece of dust.
Finding micro meteorites on your roof.
Norwegian mineralogist jon larsen has written a book called in search of stardust where he outlines how anyone can find micrometeorites.
Meteorites as you mentioned rain down as dust all the time.
In search of stardust.
Finding micro meteorites on your roof.
Dried up lake beds are great too.
They collect on your roof and then are washed off during rain storms.
Posted on 22 june 2016 by jay tate.
It is estimated that anywhere from 37 000 to 78 000 tons of meteorites hit earth s surface each year.
Get permission to search the area.
In search of stardust.
If your gutters are substantially dirty or debris filled cleaning them out first and then leafing through the debris on the ground might be your best bet.