Meteorite is a point of interest in Red Dead Redemption 2.
Description
It appears that a meteorite has crashed in Roanoke Valley. The land around it is deformed by its impact, with trees flattened in a circular pattern around the meteorite itself. This creates a vaguely unsettling atmosphere, as does the thought that such a large hunk of stone once lingered among the stars. Despite the potential wealth of minerals that are sometimes found in meteorites, no one seems to have yet staked a claim to this particular one, even though a newspaper article announced widely about it.
Trivia
- The Roanoke Ridge meteorite is a reference to the Barringer crater and meteorite, due to its media coverage, geopolitical location. Similar to the Barringer crater case, no meteorite was extracted, but that's because a larger meteorite was being sought, while only remnants of the explosion caused by the impact remained.
- The Roanoke Ridge meteorite, its impact crater, and the effects of the impact are likely a reference to the Tunguska Event, a mysterious explosion, that occurred in 1908 in Siberia, Russia. One of the theories of the event was that it was an effect of the "Death Ray", designed by Nikola Tesla. The location is close to the lab of Marko Dragic, a character based on Tesla. The 10-30 megaton blast, either obliterated or knocked down over 80 million trees within a vast area of 830 square miles. Because no meteorites have been found associated with the crater, the cause of the Tunguska Event is still debated.
- The Roanoke Ridge meteorite may also be a reference to Sikhote-Alin, another explosive event that also occurred in Russia, but in 1947 in the far southeastern maritime provinces. Like Tunguska, the Sikhote-Alin event was an explosive air burst that toppled trees, and caused chaos for the surrounding villages. However Sikhote-Alin is known to have been caused by a meteor, since artists at the time drew the event, and the mid-air explosion of the incoming meteor, caused iron meteorite debris to rain down into the forest, where they have been collected for years. In addition, the meteorite in the center of the Roanoke Ridge crater, is identical in appearance to a typical iron meteorite, especially the Sikhote-Alin meteorite.
- A smaller break-away Meteorite can be collected from the site.
- Another smaller break-away meteorite can be collected from the homestead due south of the abandoned trading post near by.
Gallery
Arthur's drawing: "Found a rock that had fallen from the heavens."
John's drawing: "Found a meteor, I think they are called. Glad it did not land on me."
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