The heavy rain came and went quickly. Near midnight, Chen Xing and the others got the permission of the hotel owner and went to the roof from the attic window.
The rain hadn't dried up, so Chen Xing wanted to find something to cushion himself on after he came up, but Erken didn't care and sat on it directly.
"The view is good." Chen Xing said.
The sky after the rain was indeed clear. The dark clouds had been blown to an unknown place, or they may have dispersed, leaving only a night sky as clean as the ground washed by the heavy rain. It was densely covered with stars and clouds, and the Big Dipper was in this foreign starry sky.
Medium, still bright.
Although the latitudes are different, the shape of the Big Dipper is basically the same as that of China.
"Stop wandering around and sit down." Erken said.
Chen Xing sat directly on the window sill.
Well, this is a good location. Compared with the slope where I can sit casually, the window sill is a natural bench after all.
"What does a meteor shower look like?"
"You'll know right away."
Erken didn't want to explain to Xiaobai what the meteor shower looked like when it came. It would be too troublesome. Anyway, the meteors would slide across the sky in a while, so Chen Xing could just watch it by himself. Maybe he hadn't finished explaining it at that time.
On the roof, Chen Xing saw many people walking out at this time.
Some people also opened the skylights of the roof and went to the roof like them. More people walked out of the door and gradually gathered in a small empty square not far away.
The small squares in Europe are really small.
His ground looks no different from the surrounding streets. Gray bricks that turn cyan under the influence of rain extend from the street into this circular square with a diameter of less than thirty meters. There is a standard square in the middle.
Fountain, with a hero sculpture in the middle.
As for what kind of hero he is, Chen Xing will definitely not be able to recognize him. Every city has its own heroes, and this is just a small town.
After a while, a bright light suddenly appeared in the sky.
This made the people around scream out in surprise.
"Meteor!"
"The meteor shower is coming!"
So is this a shooting star?
This bright light did not appear slowly from dark to bright from the farthest point of the sky, but appeared very suddenly in the sky. As soon as it appeared, it emitted a dazzling white light, but this light was fleeting.
It only appeared for less than two seconds.
After this meteor passed by, the sky was silent for a long time.
No more meteors passed by.
Chen Xing could hear the voices of people watching the meteor shower in other places talking about it, but soon, the meteor shower never disappoints those who wait for it in the middle of the night. The second meteor, like the previous one, suddenly appeared in the sky
In it, a dazzling and bright light was emitted.
The light was white, not the kind of red that Chen Xing imagined would cause a fire due to friction.
But it only lasted for at most two seconds.
Then the third, fourth, and fifth meteors came one after another. Almost every second, one or more meteors opened up the sky with a dazzling light, allowing the light hidden behind the dark night to be opened by them.
The place reappears in the world.
Among them, there are also meteors that can last for several seconds, and they leave a tail flame visible to the naked eye in the sky.
Chen Xing took a few pictures with his camera, then 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 meteor showers.
Photos can hardly reflect the beauty of this meteor shower, but the system's video recording function is different.
This is what can perfectly restore the starry sky.
"Should I make a wish?" Chen Xing muttered in a low voice.
"Make a wish? You should make a wish, please 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. He has long been accustomed to it being a common astronomical phenomenon, and he doesn't even think it's a big deal.
Beautiful.
Every time he watched, he calculated in his mind where these meteors were going and how many would survive.
Chen Xing quickly put his hands together and said in Chinese,
"Then I wish that I will 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, but he said it in Chinese on purpose.
"Childish."
Erken rolled his eyes, as if he didn't expect that Chen Xing, a new and famous photographer in Europe, actually has such a naive side. He doesn't think that shooting stars can really make wishes come true, right? This is a fairy tale that was circulated only a few years ago.
.
Chen Xing ignored him, just be childish.
What the hell, there are so many people in China in their twenties and thirties who wish on shooting stars. I am so young, shouldn’t I be childish?
Chen Xing is not short of money now, let alone opportunities to make money.
Even if one day you suddenly can't sell your works, wouldn't you have discovered a new profession that makes money quickly?
If the knowledge of professional-level astronomers is not used to benefit society, but is only used to find meteorites, it is definitely overkill, but for Chen Xing, it can 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 a master at home, or he will remain as he is now, becoming a wandering son and wandering around the world. He needs to first take a look at the world.
Look.
Anyway, Chen Xing hopes that he will be happy in the future.
The sky is still shining 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 particularly bright, and after passing through the sky for a while, it will dim for a while, and then become even brighter.
The light illuminates this dark night.
Chen Xing could clearly see the meteor streaking across the sky.
Erken originally came here to look for meteorites, and the place he looked for was also a small town where the meteor trails could be best observed.
This small town has no special features, its only feature is its proximity.
So it’s normal to see meteorites falling from the sky, tearing through space, and a blue air shield appearing around the meteorite, right?
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Regardless of whether it's normal or not, this is so handsome!
This meteorite appeared from the front of Chen Xing, then passed over Chen Xing's head, crossed the roof, and flew towards the other side of the world. At this time, no matter whether it was the people on the ground or the people standing on the roof, including Chen Xing and the others
, followed the meteorite with their eyes, 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 cutting through the sky.
Until it is no longer visible, there are still traces of this 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 it is as big as a basketball."
The millstone is so big, it would be a disaster if it fell to the ground.
Not many meteorites fall on the ground every year. They range from the size of marbles to the size of basketballs. They cause some damage to the ground, but not too much. But the size of the millstone is different. This kind of meteorite falls on the ground.
The effect is equivalent to the explosion of dozens 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 was dissatisfied with Chen Xing's questioning of his expertise and retorted, then rubbed his hands. "How come no one has discovered such a big meteorite before? Now it's better
, it’s all giving me an advantage.”
Under the temptation of money, Erken also lost his mature look during the day.
Of course I know, Chen Xing thought to himself.
And maybe it will decompose in mid-air. By then, most of the basketball will be gone, and all you will see are decomposed pieces one by one.
But consider that meteorites are very expensive to begin with. Even if you find fragments, you should be able to make a small fortune.
Erken resisted the urge to start looking for meteorites immediately. After the meteor shower, he returned to his room and studied the map on his mobile phone all night.
He cannot use various computers to simulate the final location of meteorite landing like scientific research institutions, but every independent meteorite hunter has his own unique skills.
In the next room, Chen Xing is also calculating.
It is difficult to find the landing point of a meteorite, 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 is still thinking about whether a large piece of stone falling into the atmosphere will break into pieces on the way?
Only half an hour later, Chen Xing put a mark on the map on his mobile phone.
At the junction of the provinces of Norrbotten and Västerbotten, near a village called Slagnais...
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The next day, seven o'clock in the morning.
After Chen Xing and Erken had breakfast on the first floor of the hotel, they set off, still taking the car, all the way north.
Chen Xing did not tell Erken about the impact point of the meteorite he calculated, and Erken did not tell Chen Xing the location where he found it, but he did not go towards the expected location he mentioned yesterday. Looking at the route, Chen Xing guessed
The position Erken finally settled on should be similar to the position he found.
In the car, Erken continued to educate Chen Xing about the composition of meteorites.
"In fact, more than 90% of the meteorites that fall on the earth are stony meteorites. Even if such meteorites fall, they are very difficult to find. Therefore, 30% of the meteorites discovered by people are iron.
Meteorite."
He patted his bag and said: "I'm not worried about telling you that my main tool for detecting meteorites is the metal detector, which has already allowed me to discover a lot of iron meteorites. If I have the chance, I really want to invite you to my
Go check out my collection at home."
Chen Xing nodded repeatedly.
There is 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 clearly seen in the wild.
What is needed at this time should be a magnetic rod?
And iron meteorites are just one type of meteorites. There are some ordinary chondrites, carbonaceous chondrites, and achondrites, and there are also very valuable subspecies.
Chen Xing is not sure whether his knowledge is correct, and he has not really tested it. Anyway, it will depend on Erken's performance this time. He can also find some of Erken's actions to complement his knowledge as an astronomer. p>
The car has been driving for a day.
When parking the car, Chen Xing checked the GPS positioning.
This place is not far from Slagness, which they found, and is within the 20-mile radius. The place where they got off the bus was an unknown small village on the side of the road. Even the name of this place was not marked on the map.
The street sign says nyliden.
There are forests all around, the kind of fir trees that are very common in Northern Europe. In winter, all the leaves of the fir trees near the road here have fallen 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 a pond like this, he wants to throw two fishing rods.
This area is a plain, and there are no mountains visible in the distance, but it is very cold. When Chen Xing was in the car before, he could even see unmelted snow on the roadside. Judging from the situation, it should have been swept from the road in the morning.
Yes, but it has not turned into water after a whole day, which shows how low the temperature here is.
There are not many households in the village of nyliden. A middle-aged man is repairing a handsome tractor outside his house. There is some oil stain on his body.
Erken naturally went over and asked: "Mr."
“!@#@￥%@!#……”
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 soon looked at Erken Mathieson with a look of disbelief.
"You don't understand either? Aren't you Swedish?"
"When did I say I was Swedish? I am Danish!"
Erken said this to Chen Xing first, and then asked the middle-aged man again. This time he spoke a little slower. As expected, Erken understood. He nodded while talking, and then showed a serious expression.
Say thank you.
Chen Xing has heard the word "thank you" quite often and has already mastered it.
After leaving here, Chen Xing asked: "You are from Denmark, do you speak Swedish?"
"That's not right." Erken Mathieson shook his head and said, "The languages of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway are somewhat similar. Although we can't speak them clearly, there is still no problem in understanding them."
"...Okay."
In fact, if you think about it, there’s nothing you can’t understand.
Chen Xing speaks the Sichuan dialect, and everyone can understand 80% of what he says to his friends from Guangxi. However, the distance between Denmark and Sweden is not as far as Sichuan Province to Guangxi, so it is difficult to understand each other's speech.
Nothing strange, just think that they all speak the dialects of various provinces.
"What did he say?" Chen Xing asked.
Erken drank some water and said: "I asked him if he heard any noise yesterday. He said he might have heard it, but he didn't know clearly because he was still sleeping at that time. The sound probably came from that direction." He pointed his finger.
A direction.
"This is good news. Why do you have that expression?"
"Yes, this is good news, but there is also bad news." Erken Mathieson sighed and looked into the distance. "The bad news is that we are not the first people to ask him this question today.
Yes, there must be other people who have found this place, we have to hurry up."
In an extremely vast forest, find a black stone the size of a basketball.
This is not easy to find.
Whether there are many people looking for it or not is not a big problem. In the end, it still depends on luck.
Moreover, Chen Xing deeply doubted that the meteorite would disintegrate, so perhaps they were not looking for a meteorite as big as a basketball, but a stone the size of a mobile phone in the woods.
