The Wardaman people of northern Australia tell of Utdjungon, a being who lives in the Coalsack nebula by the Southern Cross. He will cast a fiery star to the Earth if laws and traditions are not followed. The falling star will cause the earth to shake and the trees to topple. The Luritja people of Central Australia also tell stories about a fire devil coming down from the Sun, an object that fell to Earth as punishment for breaking sacred law, crashing into Earth and killing everything in the vicinity. And we can still see the scars of this event today. The local people feared if they strayed too close to this land they might reignite some otherworldly creature. Luritja people were forbidden from going near the craters, as that was where the
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It would have been a dramatic and fiery event, with the meteor blazing across the sky. As it broke apart, large fragments of metal-rich rock would have crashed to Earth with explosive force, creating a dozen giant craters. The Northern Territory site, which was discovered in the 1930s by white prospectors with the help of Luritja guides, is today known as the Henbury Meteorites Conservation Reserve. The story of Henbury indicates a living memory of an event that occurred a few thousands of years ago, caused by a fragmented nickel-iron meteorite leaving 13 craters as it impacted. A dramatic and fiery event, with the meteor blazing across the sky. As it broke apart, large fragments of metal-rich rock would have crashed to Earth with explosive force, creating a dozen giant craters. The Northern Territory site, which was discovered in the 1930s by white prospectors with the help of Luritja guides. In addition to demonstrating the longevity of Indigenous oral traditions, emerging research shows that these stories can lead to new scientific
It would have been a dramatic and fiery event, with the meteor blazing across the sky. As it broke apart, large fragments of metal-rich rock would have crashed to Earth with explosive force, creating a dozen giant craters. The Northern Territory site, which was discovered in the 1930s by white prospectors with the help of Luritja guides, is today known as the Henbury Meteorites Conservation Reserve. The story of Henbury indicates a living memory of an event that occurred a few thousands of years ago, caused by a fragmented nickel-iron meteorite leaving 13 craters as it impacted. A dramatic and fiery event, with the meteor blazing across the sky. As it broke apart, large fragments of metal-rich rock would have crashed to Earth with explosive force, creating a dozen giant craters. The Northern Territory site, which was discovered in the 1930s by white prospectors with the help of Luritja guides. In addition to demonstrating the longevity of Indigenous oral traditions, emerging research shows that these stories can lead to new scientific