LaPaz Icefield Meteorite (IMAGE)
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The arrow in this view of the LaPaz meteorite points to where the scientists found the carbon-rich cometary fragment. The colors are produced polarized light shining through a thin slice of the meteorite; the grid lines are spaced one millimeter apart.
Credit
Carles Moyano-Cambero, Institute of Space Sciences, Barcelona
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