Morasko Meteorite Nature Reserve

The land of the reserve is covered by a forest of oak and hornbeam trees, among which grow a number of uncommon plant species, including[1] Some uncommon birds can also be found here, including The largest of the seven craters on the reserve has a diameter of about 100 metres, and is about 11 metres deep.

[2][3] The first meteorite found at Morasko was uncovered in 1914 by German soldiers working on the construction of a military fortification.

In September 2006, Krzysztof Socha, a meteorite-hunter from Kielce, working for the Geology department of the city's Adam Mickiewicz University, uncovered with the aid of a metal detector a meteorite weighing 164 kg.

[4] Analysis showed that the meteorite contained, apart from iron-nickel alloy, a small quantity of silicates (pyroxenes) not occurring on Earth.

In October 2012, a meteorite weighing about 300 kg was recovered from a depth of 2.1 m.[5] Adam Mickiewicz University is considering founding an educational centre, to draw attention to the reserve and the subject of meteorite discovery.

One of the craters in winter
261.8 kg heavy fragment of a meteorite at Morasko