The Bjurböle Meteorite fell on March 12, 1899 into the frozen Baltic Sea. It created a hole in the ice about 50 kilometers from Helsinki. It was recovered from the sea.
Steve Jurvetson from Los Altos, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr at https://flic.kr/p/2kFyekG
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Steve Jurvetson from Los Altos, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr at https://flic.kr/p/2kFyekG
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Baltic Sea Splash by the Bjurböle Meteorite of 1899
The Deep Impact auction this week had an incredible collection of space rocks. When I saw this historical stone that landed in the Baltic Sea near my homeland, I was intrigued! The fireball was seen all around Baltic Sea and approached Helsinki form…Flickr