From Out of the Sky is on the basics of Meteors, Craters and Meteorites, using Alabama’s unique and unusual heritage–the Deep South’s only meteor crater, an event when a woman was hit by a 9-pound meteor and lived to tell the tale, and the origin of the state’s license plate motto, “Stars Fell on Alabama”. Then, how and when to watch meteors and meteor showers, how to tell a meteorite from an Earth Rock, fireballs and how to watch them and what you can learn by doing so! And more!
Photos from the Book
A View of the Crater Rim rising above the flat Alabama landscape.
Map of the crater with the three tours
The 9-pound rock that hit Mrs. Ann Hodges!
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
1. What is a Falling Star Anyway?
2. The Wetumpka Crater, Space Tourism on Earth
3. The Meteoric Bruising, the Sylacauga Event
4. The Not-Yet-Stormy Lion
5. What Other Places in Alabama Did Stars Fall?
6. Determining a Meteorite from a Meteor-wrong
7. What Can You Do With Meteor Showers?
8. What Can You Learn from Fireballs?
About the Author
Sample Pages (PDF Files):
Sylacauga Tour Intro Stars Fell on Alabama sample
Beginning of Wetumpka Crater Tour sample Meteor Sample Intro
From Out of the Sky
56 pp 48 pictures and maps
$19.99
ISBN 978-1-930876-16-7
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