{"id":39888,"date":"2025-12-09T17:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/?p=39888"},"modified":"2025-12-13T11:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T10:07:19","slug":"meteorite-fall-11-july-2025-130259-utc-nullabor-western-australia-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/?p=39888","title":{"rendered":"Meteorite fall, 11 July 2025, ~13:02:59 UTC, Nullabor, Western Australia, Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last update: 13 December 2025 (10:15 CET)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"justify-text\">The ~300-gram meteorite (DN250711_02) was found about 400 kilometres north-east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder by Curtin University PhD students Dale Giancono (finder), Iona Clemente and Michael Frazer in the calculated 3 km by 0.5 km fall area in late November 2025 using the DFN AI-assisted drone search method with a new software. After checking on 700 hundred of the drone-detected 728 possible meteorite candidates they found the meteorite in the late afternoon of the sixth and last search day of the eight-day search expedition. The atmospheric trajectory of the bolide had been calculated using five DFN cameras. Another successful search campaign of the Desert Fireball Network. It&#8217;s their 11th detected meteorite with a known orbit. Their report about the successful drone meteorite search can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/gfo.rocks\/blog\/2025\/12\/03\/DN250711_02_Dale_meteorite.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a> (published on 5 December 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met3imp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1016\" src=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met3imp-1024x1016.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met3imp-1024x1016.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met3imp-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met3imp-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met3imp-768x762.jpg 768w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met3imp-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met3imp.jpg 1494w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The found meteorite. Photo: DFN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met1imp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met1imp-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met1imp-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met1imp-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met1imp-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met1imp-1536x922.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met1imp.jpg 1560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The meteorite in situ. Photo: DFN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/drone_viewofmeteorite.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/drone_viewofmeteorite-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/drone_viewofmeteorite-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/drone_viewofmeteorite-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/drone_viewofmeteorite-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/drone_viewofmeteorite-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/drone_viewofmeteorite-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Drone view of the meteorite in situ. Photo: DFN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/metinsitu_imp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1212\" height=\"1626\" src=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/metinsitu_imp.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/metinsitu_imp.jpg 1212w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/metinsitu_imp-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/metinsitu_imp-763x1024.jpg 763w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/metinsitu_imp-768x1030.jpg 768w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/metinsitu_imp-1145x1536.jpg 1145w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1212px) 100vw, 1212px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meteorite in situ. Photo: DFN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met2insitu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met2insitu-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met2insitu-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met2insitu-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met2insitu-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/met2insitu.jpg 1136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meteorite in situ. Photo: DFN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DN250711_02imp.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DN250711_02imp-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DN250711_02imp-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DN250711_02imp-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DN250711_02imp-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DN250711_02imp-768x767.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DN250711_02imp-120x120.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DN250711_02imp.jpeg 1462w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meteorite in situ. Photo: DFN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The bolide<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/028_2025-07-11_130259_E_DSC_0470.thumb_-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/028_2025-07-11_130259_E_DSC_0470.thumb_-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/028_2025-07-11_130259_E_DSC_0470.thumb_-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/028_2025-07-11_130259_E_DSC_0470.thumb_-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/028_2025-07-11_130259_E_DSC_0470.thumb_-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/028_2025-07-11_130259_E_DSC_0470.thumb_-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/karmaka.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/028_2025-07-11_130259_E_DSC_0470.thumb_-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The bolide captured from the Mundrabilla station. Photo: DFN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last update: 13 December 2025 (10:15 CET) The ~300-gram meteorite (DN250711_02) was found about 400 kilometres north-east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder by Curtin University PhD students Dale Giancono (finder), Iona Clemente and Michael Frazer in the calculated&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,47],"tags":[1832],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39888"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39888"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39928,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39888\/revisions\/39928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}