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A couple of days ago a meteorite landed right near to where I live, unfortunately it's very mountainous terrain where it was suspected to land.

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The houses along the lake to the top right of the map photo saw it come past and heard a sonic boom, then it disappeared down into the mountains to the right of the lake

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A photo of it coming past from the news story.

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The area it landed, lots of bush around too making it even harder.  If it's found it will be only the 11th meteorite found in New Zealand.

Here is the news story for anyone interested.

I think a bit beyond my capabilities to try and find it.

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I don't know if the fire recording cameras would be able to locate the location...it's hard to say in the mountains.

ultimately everything depends on the exact information about the impact location...

I don't know if the cameras used to record the fire would be able to locate the place...it's hard to say in the mountains

in the end, everything depends on the exact information about the place of impact...

I really found my meteorite.. by accident...while testing detectors...in the terrain where my colleague took me..because this terrain could give a lot of false signals as if it were a non-ferrous target..

 

 

 

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Ive seen meteorites hit the ground twice, both at night. Me and my Brother set out to find one we saw the next day, thinking 'should be easy'.... after 3 days searching, we gave up. Even when you know the direction and area, the appearance of a 'big fireball' doesn't mean its big, especially at night. The amount of light given off will be very deceiving. You could be looking for a golf ball sized object (or way smaller) in a 50 acre area, almost impossible. 

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