The sun comes up fast over the desert. The team is already walking. The light in the first two hours is the best time to see dark stones on the pale ground.
We walk in a slow line. Most dark stones are not meteorites. Maybe one in a thousand is real. Today, a small stone with a fresh black crust catches the morning light.
By noon, the stone is in its bag with GPS and photos. By next week, it will be in the workshop, then maybe at a lab. This is how every real find starts.