Wold Cottage meteorite (detail)
The earliest surviving meteorite seen to land in the UK fell in Wold Cottage, Yorkshire, in 1795. It prompted the first serious investigation into the origin of meteorites and helped confirm they came from space
Picture No
10987439
Media ID
47629546
Size
3872px x 2592px
(6.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
The Natural History Museum, London
Date
1795
