Ensisheim meteorite fall, 1492, illustration
Illustration of the fall of a meteorite in 1492 near the villages of Ensisheim and Battenheim (both labelled), then in Germany, now in the Alsace region of north-eastern France. This is the oldest meteorite whose fall can be dated precisely, to noon on 7th November 1492. The arrival of the meteorite as a meteor (upper left) was preceded by a loud explosion followed by an impact that formed a one-metre deep crater in a wheat field (lower right). The remains of the meteorite were later put on display in the main hall of Ensisheim's 16th-century Regency Palace. The castle (left) was built in the 13th century.
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Photo credit: © DETLEV VAN RAVENSWAAY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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