Fragment of clear Libyan Desert glass (IMAGE)

University of New Mexico

Fragment of clear Libyan Desert glass

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Fragment of clear Libyan Desert glass refracts intense sunlight in the Great Sand Sea of Egypt, during a research expedition for the BBC/National Geographic documentary “Tutankhamun’s Fireball” in which Boslough first proposed the hypothesis that it was formed by a “type 2” (also called “touchdown”) airburst event.

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Photo Credit: Mark Boslough, Feb. 2006

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