Meteorite Men | S02 E02 | Hidden Atacama Gemstones
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- In the first-ever intercontinental "Meteorite Men" episode, Steve and Geoff revisit the site where their hunting partnership began back in 1997: the Imilac pallasite strewnfield high in Chile's desolate and hazardous Atacama Desert. It is winter at 11,000 feet in the driest desert on the planet, but with new equipment and greater determination, the guys persevere through the harshest of conditions and - on the desolate plains of Vaca Muerta - make one of the most significant discoveries of their careers. Also: Steve meets some jumping sheep, and Geoff accidentally frightens a hotel manager.
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The song Geoff is singing along with while driving the truck is "Rocket Man" by the Red Elvises. Geoff is a fan of this Russian rock / punk / dance band and the "Meteorite Men" production team received special permission from the singer, Igor, to use the song in this episode. Geoff actually was sining along with the song in real time, as it was part of his "Meteorite Men Season Two Road CD" - a compliation of favorite rock 'n' roll songs he took on the road during filming.
In addition to being the first overseas (Canada not quite counting as "overseas") "Meteorite Men" episode, Imilac was also the site of Steve and Geoff's very first hunt togehter. In fact, they first met in person at the airport in Santiago, Chile. When the Imilac part of this episode was filmed, it was at the very same site they guys had visited back in 1997 and Geoff wrote about the experience:
"We arrived in early August - which is winter in the Southern Hemisphere - and a bracing wind blew in from the frigid South Pacific. Seabirds called out as we drove along the rocky shore, and I felt as if I had slipped back into a happy and familiar dream.
Steve and I had aged since we said goodbye to Imilac; but when our trucks galloped up that long ochre slope once again and parked beside the old campsite, nothing had changed, nothing at all. The impossible sky remained the same enamel blue, and the hills to our west still slumped against the horizon like giant sleeping camels, far off in the clear and precise mountain air. I walked to the exact spot where I pitched my tent and tied it to our haggard Toyota in the ferocious wind, back when I was still thirty-six years old. I recalled exactly how my sun shade had been whipped away by that sudden gust - just over there, it was - and stared at my own footprints preserved, evidently forever, in the uncaring and impassive Atacama sand. While thirteen long and memory-filled years elapsed in our temporary and measurable lives, the hands of the great meteorite clock that remains hidden from the quotidian world of humans had moved forward, imperceptibly, about one minute."
-- From "Rock Star: Adventures of a Meteorite Man"
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This made me so happy! How genuinely satisfying and entertaining! You guys have just the right amount of drama and humor, and I learn something in every episode. I gotta learn to do this, can't wait to find out where that training field is! The experience is something I'd love to share with my daughter
This is my favorite episode cause just look at that big meteorite. Its amazing. I can't wait to go hunting with my little boy sometime soon
Hiiii nobady there, is speaking, a new meteorite hunter🤩, meteorit women, good lock all of you.🙏
super cool guys. My one thing that is on my bucket list is to find a meteorite. thank you so much for the video. Love love loved it.
Thank you, Mark! What a lovely message. So happy to hear this. The Chile adventure was one of my favorites. It's such a beautiful country. If you'd like to go meteorite hunting with us, you may be interested in our Meteorite Adventures site: www.meteoriteadventures.com
Cheers -- Geoff
Awesome hunt guys , that’s a beauty you found and it’s helps our science knowledge !
Thank you !
I loved Meteorite Men, I learned what Widmanstatten patterns & regmaglypts are, such fun! How is Steve these days?
Wonderful! Thank you for the kind comments. I love it when I hear that viewers learned from our show. Steve is doing very well. We spent time together in December and that's when I directed his new short film series, "Fireball Steve," which we just started releasing this week. It's featured on the page. I hope you enjoy it. Thank you again for posting.
Geoff Notkin thanks Geoff, I’ll be sure to check it out 👍🏻
You should show camping out there would be good, stars would look good at night.
You are so right. The night sky was fantastic. I guess we didn't have the right kind of cameras to do night filming. Also, it was extremely windy in the Atacama at night and the dust was hard on the cameras. They had to keep them in bags much of the time.
Awesome awesome adventure magnificent score
What a great show
Thank you very much for the content
My pleasure, Abdallah! Thank you for watching and taking the time to post a comment. It's very much appreciated 😀
If a cow entered earth's atmosphere and crashed to earth from space, when it was found would it be a MEATeorite?
Good play on words, milk it for all you can.
@@tonib5899 Nice. Well done.
I'm on pins and needles waiting to see if your last find is a space rock.
Believe me ... we were too! We didn't get to see the cut and prepared rock (or know what it was) until we met Dr. Garvie in the lab. It was very exciting and it is -- I think -- quite rare to be able to generate some real suspense like that in unscripted TV. But we did always try to keep it real. It was one of my conditions for developing the show. The people in my field are very smart and it would be obvious to them if something was fake or planted. Also, neither Steve nor I would have considered doing a show that wasn't real to our work and ourselves. We were fortunate that we worked with such a good production company, LMNO, and network -- Science / Discovery -- as they all shared our desire to make an authentic science and adventure show.
Have you guys gone to Russia to investigate Chelyabinsk? Loved this show you guys are great.
I wonder if you have searched Salmon Mountain, a large sightings of a meteor landing from the turn of the century.
Where do we sell our meteorites sir please reply me
METEORIF$ VACACOOLITE$ !
Who can I send my rock to have it checked out.
Wish I could get SOMEONE to have a look at one of mine. Have them posted on my channel which is my name. Reach out to me if you have an idea. Carbonacious ?? Mesosiderite ??
What they could be worth??
A bit disappointed. Any marking or disruption on the Atacama is pretty much permanent.
Hi
It's Tootle not poodle
idioms.thefreedictionary.com/poodle+around
I believe both are allowed 😉
Sorry Geoff but tootle is the right word not poodle x
Hi A Have 24 kil stone Meteorite to selling if Meteorite men help me to sell adn geve me wat sap No send to
Meteorizm man?