15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Meteorite Detail

A close-up of a nickel-iron meteorite showing the Widmanstatten cross-hatching pattern. This is a fragment of the Muonolusta Meteorite which landed in Northern Sweden in 1905.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 04.2017
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Copyright: © Douglas Moore