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Chapter 341 Meteor Shower

The heavy rain came and went quickly, and around midnight, Chen Xing and the others went to the roof from the attic window after obtaining the permission of the hotel owner.

The rain was not dry, and Chen Xing wanted to find something to cushion after coming up, but Erken didn't care, and sat on it directly.

"The view is good." Chen Xing said.

The sky after the rain was really clear, the dark clouds had been blown to unknown places, or they might have dissipated, leaving only the night sky as clean as the ground washed by the torrential rain, densely covered with nebulae, and the Big Dipper in this foreign starry sky In, still bright.

Although the latitude is different, the shape of the Big Dipper is basically the same as that of Huaxia.

"Don't wander around, sit down." Erken said.

Chen Xing sat directly on the windowsill.

Well, this location is good. Compared with the slope where Erken sits casually, the windowsill is a natural bench after all.

"What does a meteor shower look like?"

"You'll know right away."

Erken doesn't want to explain to Xiaobai what it looks like when the meteor shower comes, it's too troublesome.Anyway, the meteor will break through the sky after a while, so Chen Xing can just watch it by himself, maybe he hasn't finished explaining it yet.

On the roof, Chen Xing saw many people coming out at this moment.

Some people also opened the skylight on the roof and came to the roof like them. More people came out of the door and gradually gathered in a small empty square not far away.

Small squares in Europe are really small.

His ground looks no different from the surrounding streets, gray bricks that turn blue under the infestation of rainwater extend from the street into this circular square with a diameter of less than 30 meters, and there is a standard fountain in the middle , with a hero sculpture in the middle.

As for the hero, Chen Xing would definitely not be able to recognize it. Every city has its own hero, but this is just a small town.

After a while, a bright light suddenly appeared in the sky.

This made the surrounding people exclaim.

"meteor!"

"The meteor shower is coming!"

So this is the meteor?

This bright light did not appear slowly from the farthest part of the sky from dark to bright, but appeared abruptly in the sky. Once it appeared, it emitted a dazzling white light, but this light was fleeting. Only appeared for less than two seconds.

After this meteor passed by, the sky was silent for a long time.

Not a single meteor passed by.

Chen Xing could hear the voices of people watching the meteor shower in other places talking, but soon, the meteor shower never failed those who waited for it in the middle of the night, and the second meteor appeared in the sky just like the previous one. Among them, a dazzling bright light was emitted.

The light is white, not the kind of red that Chen Xing imagined when rubbed against fire.

But it only lasted a maximum of two seconds.

Then the third, fourth, and fifth meteors followed one after another. Almost every second, one or more meteors split the sky with a dazzling light, and the light hidden behind the night was being cut by them. The place reappears in the world.

Among them, there are also meteors that can last for several seconds, and they still leave a tail flame visible to the naked eye in the sky.

Chen Xing took a few pictures with the camera, then he stopped taking pictures and looked at the sky in surprise.

At this moment, a concept in Chen Xing's heart changed.

He used to think that the Milky Way in the night sky was the most beautiful, but now it seems that the scenery of the Milky Way is just a younger brother under the spectacle of the meteor shower.

Photos can hardly reflect the beauty of this meteor shower, but the video recording function of the system is different.

This is what can perfectly restore this starry sky.

"Should I make a wish?" Chen Xing whispered.

"Make a wish? You should make a wish. Make a wish quickly." Erken said with a smile.

Meteors appear in various places almost every month. He has been chasing meteor showers since he was a child more than ten years ago. beautiful.

Every time he watched it, he kept calculating in his mind where the group of meteors were going to fly and how many would survive.

Chen Xing put his hands together quickly and said in Chinese,

"Then I promise that I must be happy..."

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Erken didn't understand.

"Making a wish doesn't work when you say it." Chen Xing said, he said it in Chinese on purpose.

"childish."

Erken rolled his eyes, he didn't seem to think that Chen Xing, a well-known young photographer in Europe, would have such a naive side, wouldn't he think that Meteor can really fulfill his wish?These are all fairy tales that have been circulated so many years ago.

Chen Xing ignored him, childish is childish.

What the hell, how many 30- and [-]-year-old people in China make wishes on shooting stars? I'm so young, shouldn't I be childish?
Chen Xing is not short of money now, let alone opportunities for money.

Even if suddenly one day my works can't be sold, isn't this a new career with fast money?

The knowledge of professional astronomers is not used to benefit the society, but only used to find meteorites. That is definitely overkill, but for Chen Xing, it is enough to make money.

If money is not lacking, what is lacking is happiness.

He can't predict what his future life will be like now. He doesn't know whether he will marry Hedwig or a certain woman and become the master at home, or he will still be like now, becoming a prodigal son and wandering around the world. Let's take a look at the world first. look.

Anyway, Chen Xing hopes that he will be happy in the future.

The sky still shone with light.

But it seems that a particularly bright meteor has come. It looks different from other fleeting meteors. The light emitted by this meteor is very bright. The light illuminates this dark night.

Chen Xing could clearly see the meteor piercing the sky.

Erken originally came to find meteorites, and the place he was looking for was also a small town where meteor trails could be best observed.

There is nothing special about this small town, except that it is close.

So it is normal to see the meteorite falling from the sky, piercing the space, and a blue air shield appearing around the meteorite?

Normal or not, this is gorgeous!

This meteorite appeared from the front of Chen Xing, passed over Chen Xing's head, crossed the roof, and flew towards the other side of the world.At this time, no matter the people on the ground or the people standing on the roof, including Chen Xing and the others, their eyes followed the meteorite, they raised their heads neatly, then turned their heads, and finally watched the meteorite fly into the distance.

Chen Xing seemed to be able to hear his voice piercing the sky.

Until it was invisible, there were still traces left by the passing of the meteorite in the sky.

Erken clenched his fists.

"That's it! This must be a big meteorite, maybe as big as a millstone!"

Chen Xing shook his head and said, "At most the size of a basketball."

With a millstone that big, it would be a disaster if it fell on the ground.

There are not many meteorites that can fall on the ground every year, ranging from the size of marbles to the size of basketballs. They can cause some damage to the ground, but not too much.But the size of the millstone is different. The effect of this kind of meteorite falling on the ground is equivalent to the explosion of tens of tons of TNT. Even if it falls in the wild, it can easily cause forest fires.

"You know? I think it's as big as a millstone!" Erken retorted dissatisfied with Chen Xing's questioning of his professionalism, and then rubbed his hands. "How come no one has discovered such a big meteorite before, it's all right now, it's cheaper for me."

Under the temptation of money, Erken also lost his mature appearance during the day.

Of course I know, Chen Xing thought to himself.

And maybe it will disintegrate in mid-air. At that time, there will be no basketballs, and all you will see are broken pieces one by one.

But thinking about the fact that meteorites are very expensive, even if fragments can be found, they should be able to make a small fortune.

Erken resisted the mood of setting off to look for meteorites immediately, returned to his room after the meteor shower, and studied the map on his mobile phone all night.

He can't use various computers to simulate the final position of the meteorite landing like a scientific research institution, but every independent meteorite hunter has unique skills that he only knows.

In the next room, Chen Xing was also counting.

The landing point of the meteorite is hard to find, mainly because you cannot know in advance what its material is, is it iron?Is it a new element?Is it a rock?
Different materials burn at different speeds in the atmosphere.

Moreover, Chen Xing was still thinking about whether the large rock would be broken into pieces in the middle of falling into the atmosphere?

Only half an hour later, Chen Xing made a mark on the map of the phone.

On the border of Northbotten and Westbotten provinces, near a village called Slageness...

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The next day, seven o'clock in the morning.

Chen Xing and Erken set off after having breakfast on the first floor of the hotel. They still took the car and headed north.

Chen Xing did not tell Erken about the meteorite landing point he had calculated, and Erken did not tell Chen Xing where he found it, but he did not head for the expected location he said yesterday. Looking at the route, Chen Xing guessed Erken's final position should be similar to the position he found.

In the car, Erken continued to popularize the composition of meteorites for Chen Xing.

"In fact, more than 90.00% of the meteorites that fell on the earth are stony meteorites. Even if such meteorites fall, it is very difficult to find them. Therefore, 30.00% of the meteorites discovered by people are iron meteorites."

He patted his bag and said, "I'm not worried about telling you that my main tool for detecting meteorites is a metal detector, which has allowed me to discover a lot of iron meteorites. If there is a chance, I really want to invite you to my Go home to see my collection."

Chen Xing nodded repeatedly.

There is actually no need to look for newly fallen meteorites in this way, after all...

A dark stone that has just been oxidized by the atmosphere can still be seen clearly in the wild.

At this time, what should be needed is a magnetic rod?
Moreover, iron meteorites are only one type of meteorites. There are some common chondrites, carbonaceous chondrites, and achondrites, and there are also very valuable subspecies.

Chen Xing wasn't sure if his knowledge was correct, and he hadn't really tried it. Anyway, this time, he could see Erken's performance, and he could find some of Erken's actions to complement his astronomer's knowledge.

Driving for a day.

When parking the car, Chen Xing checked the GPS location.

This place is not far from the Slagnes that I found, within the range of twenty miles around. The place where they got off was an unknown small village by the road. Even the name of this place was not marked on the map, only The sign says Nyliden.

The surrounding area is surrounded by forests, which are the kind of fir trees that are very common in Northern Europe. In winter, the leaves of the cedar trees near the road all fall off, leaving bare gray trunks, but the inside is still green.

There is also a natural reservoir in the distance.

Or a bigger pond.

Chen Xing is not a person who likes fishing, but when he sees this kind of pond, he wants to throw two shots.

This place belongs to the plains, and there are no mountains in the distance, but it is very cold. When Chen Xing was in the car before, he could even see unmelted snow on the side of the road. According to the situation, it should be swept down from the road in the morning. Yes, but it didn't turn into water after a day, which shows how low the temperature here is.

There are only a few families in the village of Nyliden. A middle-aged man is repairing a handsome tractor outside his house. There are some oil stains on his body.

Erken naturally went over and asked, "Sir."

"!@#@￥%@!#..."

Chen Xing and Erken showed confused expressions at the same time.

It's normal for Chen Xing not to understand, he is a foreigner, but he quickly looked at Erken Mattison with unbelievable eyes.

"You don't understand either? Aren't you Swedish?"

"When did I say I'm Swedish? I'm Danish!"

Erken said this to Chen Xing first, and then asked the middle-aged man again, this time he spoke a little slower, but Erken really understood, nodded while talking, and then showed a serious expression Say thank you.

Thank you for this word Chen Xing has heard a lot and already knows it.

After leaving here, Chen Xing asked: "You are from Denmark, can you speak Swedish?"

"No." Erken Mattison shook his head and said, "Our Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian languages ​​are somewhat similar. Although we can't speak them clearly, there is no problem in understanding them."

"……All right."

In fact, if you think about it, there is nothing incomprehensible.

Chen Xing speaks the dialect of Sichuan Province, and everyone from Guangxi can understand [-]% of what they say, and the distance between Denmark and Sweden is not so far from Sichuan Province to Guangxi. What's so strange, it's as if they all speak the dialects of the provinces.

"What did he say?" Chen Xing asked.

Erken drank some water and said, "I asked him if he heard the noise yesterday. He said he might have heard it, but he didn't know because he was still sleeping at that time. The sound probably came from that direction." He pointed in one direction.

"This is good news, why do you show that expression?"

"Yes, this is good news, but there is also a bad news." Erken Mattison sighed and looked into the distance, "The bad news is that we are not the first person to ask him this question today Well, someone else must have found this place, we'll have to hurry."

In an extremely vast forest, find a black stone the size of a basketball.

It's hard to find.

Whether there are too many people to find is not a big problem. In the end, it still depends on luck.

Moreover, Chen Xing deeply suspected that the meteorite would disintegrate, so perhaps what they were looking for was not a meteorite the size of a basketball, but a stone the size of a mobile phone in this forest.

It is more difficult.

(End of this chapter)