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OUR METEORITE HUNTING
TELEVISION SHOWS |
The Meteorite Hunters
on TV |
| Working on meteorite hunting documentaries for television has become nearly a full-time job for us, and we love almost every minute of it. On this page you'll find an overview of our recent TV productions. |
SEPTEMBER, 2008
Meteorite hunter Geoffrey Notkin and his long-time expedition partner, Steve Arnold, filmed in Pima County, Arizona and Kiowa County, Kansas during September, for a new three-part science documentary which will air on The Discovery Channel in December, 2008. The first segment was filmed at the Aerolite Meteorites offices in Tucson, followed by five days of field work in the Brenham, Kansas strewnfield. The director (picture above center with us and our find) was Sean Dash. On the final day of shooting Steve and Geoff unearthed a gorgeous 21-kilo oriented Brenham pallasite. See our exclusive Discovery Channel meteorite hunt behind the scence feature HERE.
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JULY, 2008
Location news: The Aerolite Meteorites team (Leigh Anne Delray, Geoff Notkin, Lisa Marie) were filming in Pima County during July, for an important new documentary which will air on The History Channel. The shoot was for a 13-part astronomy/geology series about the history of our planet Earth. And no, it was not created 6,000 years ago : ) One of the episodes is entirely about meteorites, and we were thrilled to work with the Anglo-Canadian crew on this major project. Expected air date: December, 2008. More news when we have it. Original location photography by Tucson legend Stu Jenks
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MARCH, 2008
The one-hour documentary had its world premiere on April 1, 2008 (no,
it was not an April Fool) and the meteorite hunting segment is the last
feature in the episode. Geoff and Steve filmed in Red River County, Texas,
investigating an old meteorite strewnfield, with the very kind assistance
of their friend and colleague McCartney Taylor. It was a really
windy day! |
SEPTEMBER, 2006 and
JANUARY, 2007
Our segment opened the show, which was part of a competition between rival production companies to generate an intriguing new science show. We're delighted to report that our show was the winner, and Wired Science is now an ongoing series. Our Kansas meteorite hunting segment was re-cut and used again in the first episode of the actual series. Our sincere congratulations to host and Wired magazine editor Adam Rogers and his team. Read our exclusive behind-the-scenes Making
of Wired Science feature HERE |
APRIL, 2006
The Cash and Treasures episode on meteorite hunting included two segments. In the first, Becky, Geoff and a team of expert meteorite hunters (Sonny Clary, Ruben Garcia, Keith Jenkerson, and Mike Miller), scour the steep and ragged mountainsides of Glorieta, New Mexico for elusive siderites and pallasites. In the second segment, Becky and Geoff get down with their detectors and shovels in a couple of deep holes to help with the excavation of massive Brenham pallasites in Kiowa County, Kansas with friend and hunting partner Steve Arnold. The production company reported that our meteorite show was the highest rated episode in the history of Cash & Treasures. It continues in regular rotation on the Travel Channel. Check your local listings. It's a fun show. Read our exclusive behind-the-scenes Making
of Cash & Treasures feature HERE
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APRIL, 2006
Two large Brenham pallasites were unearthed during the one-day dig, one of them showing distinct orientation. Download the entire KAKE-TV news spot HERE.
Video clip is 6.2 mb in AVI format. |
