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Huge Crater Found in Egypt - Kebira
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| 3/3/06
| Robert Roy Britt
Posted on 03/03/2006 8:58:45 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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Landsat image (color composite) of the newfound Kebira Crater in the Western Desert of Egypt at the border with Libya. The outer rim of the crater is about 19 miles (31 km) in diameter. Image courtesy of Boston University Center for Remote Sensing
To: NormsRevenge
Yup, we got one of them too ~ right down to the concentric rings ~ the center of the impact is over there on the Delmarva peninsula. You can make out the circular shape by checking out the "FAll LINE" in NJ, PA, MD, VA and NC.
Makes for really interesting subsurface structures too!
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posted on
03/03/2006 9:03:35 PM PST
by
muawiyah
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To: NormsRevenge
Wonder when that hit, because that was for sure almost 4 times the size needed to end all life on earth when it hit.
Pre-Bush's fault for sure.
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posted on
03/03/2006 9:04:11 PM PST
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: NormsRevenge
24° 40' 23.24" N, 24° 57' 51.02" E on Google Earth
To: muawiyah
To: muawiyah; sonsofliberty2000
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posted on
03/03/2006 9:11:22 PM PST
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NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
To: NormsRevenge
I wonder what proof exists this is not an older sinkhole, or simply an indentation from that great knuckleball emanating from the Big Bang.
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03/03/2006 9:15:12 PM PST
by
Cvengr
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To: NormsRevenge
In fact, the newfound crater, in Egypt, was likely carved by a space rock that was itself roughly 0.75 miles wide in an event that would have been quite a shock, destroying everything for hundreds of miles.
It seems that with this crater from a space rock and all of the other similar collisions that the earth has endured during its history, that there should be no signs of life on the planet.
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posted on
03/03/2006 9:15:24 PM PST
by
adorno
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
03/03/2006 9:16:25 PM PST
by
Flavius
(Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
To: NormsRevenge
How was this just discovered now? 19 mile diameter - are we gonna find another "New World" again?
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posted on
03/03/2006 9:17:37 PM PST
by
BostonianRightist
(I probably haven't read the entire article, or checked my html.)
To: BostonianRightist
How was this just discovered now? 19 mile diameter - are we gonna find another "New World" again?
Good point!
Hey, maybe if we keep looking hard enough from space, we'll eventually find the Lost City of Atlantis the same way.
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posted on
03/03/2006 9:21:47 PM PST
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adorno
To: NormsRevenge
"... The crater was discovered in satellite images by Boston University researchers Farouk El-Baz..." Also known as 'Apollo space program legend Dr. Farouk El-Baz'.
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posted on
03/03/2006 9:22:21 PM PST
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The KG9 Kid
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To: blam; SunkenCiv
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03/03/2006 9:22:26 PM PST
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NormsRevenge
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To: muawiyah
Can you tell em more about that ? Never heard of it .
To: The KG9 Kid
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03/03/2006 9:27:06 PM PST
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NormsRevenge
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03/03/2006 9:28:52 PM PST
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NormsRevenge
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To: BostonianRightist
There are likely quite a few more craters to be identified.
As to new worlds, ya never know what lies beneath our feet or the waves... and how new technologies can help us locate them.
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03/03/2006 9:31:26 PM PST
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NormsRevenge
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To: adorno
There was one theory I heard, long ago, that Earth was fertile, but lacked that spark for life to begin - kind of like an unfertilized egg.
Without the event of the meteor collisions, the essential element(s) for life weren't present.
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posted on
03/03/2006 9:31:29 PM PST
by
Old Sarge
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To: NormsRevenge
Wow! Even with the circle around it, though, it seems kind of hard to miss.
Maybe there's a big chunk of rock in there someone could worship.
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posted on
03/03/2006 9:32:23 PM PST
by
Right Wing Assault
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