Virtual Microscope

The Open University’s Virtual Microscope gives you the chance to look at real meteorites using your computer. Here is a past blog entry that gives some idea what it’s all about: “The Virtual Spaceman”. Follow the links below to have a go yourself:

EUROPLANET Meteorites: This website presents digitised microscope images of rare and usually inaccessible extraterrestrial samples.

OU-NASA Virtual Microscope: View Apollo samples in thin-section and find out about the geology of each of the lunar landing sites.

OU-Virtual Microscope: British Meteorites: View some classic British meteorites in thin-section

OU Meteorite sample set: Meteorite sample set for outreach and education


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