Meteority izdavna schitalis' poslaniyami ot bogov, ih ognennye ostanki vdohnovlyayut na poklonenie i porozhdayut legendy, kotorye sushchestvuyut na protyazhenii tysyacheletiy. No pomimo predaniy meteority rasskazyvayut eshche bol'shuyu istoriyu - istoriyu nashey Solnechnoy sistemy.
Geolog Tim Gregori pokazyvaet, chto pod obuglennymi korkami etih nebesnyh kamney lezhit oshelomlyayushchee raznoobrazie tipov gornyh porod. Ih unikal'nye sostavlyayushchie, yarkie cveta i rezkie zapahi soderzhat zahvatyvayushchie istorii o mezhzvezdnyh oblakah, kondensiruyushcheysya zvezdnoy pyli i ognennyh stolknoveniyah celyh mirov.