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A recent publication tried to determine if strange folded glasses found in the Atacama Desert formed by an extraterrestrial process. Turns out, mineraology and microscopy hold the key! Schultz, Peter H., et al. "Widespread glasses generated by cometary fireballs during the late Pleistocene in the Atacama Desert, Chile." Geology (2021). (https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article-pdf/doi/10.1130/G49426.1/5456021/g49426.pdf) Fun Paper Friday Can chicken de-feathering be used as a wind speed proxy? Some old experiments might shed some light on the subject. Vonnegut, Bernard. "Chicken Plucking as Measure of Tornado Wind Speed." Weatherwise 28.5 (1975): 217-217. (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00431672.1975.9931768?journalCode=vwws20) Contact us: Show Support us on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/dontpanicgeo) www.dontpanicgeocast.com (http://www.dontpanicgeocast.com) SWUNG Slack (https://softwareunderground.org) @dontpanicgeo (https://twitter.com/dontpanicgeo) show@dontpanicgeocast.com J