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Mystery of the mile-wide ring in Antarctica: Enormous scar may be crater from house-sized meteorite
UK Daily Mail ^ | January 12, 2015 | Richard Gray

Posted on 01/12/2015 6:45:03 AM PST by C19fan

An enormous impact crater thought to have been created by a meteorite the size of a house smashing into Earth has been discovered in the Antarctic ice sheet. Scientists conducting a routine aerial research flight above East Antarctica noticed a strange ring-like structure in the normally flat and featureless ice. It appeared to be a series of broken 'icebergs' surrounded by a 2km (1.24 miles) wide circular scar, surrounded by a few other smaller circular scars in the ice.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: antarctic; antarctica; arctic; astronomy; catastrophism; extinction; globalwarminghoax; impact; massextinction; science; velaincident
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To: tophat9000

“I really do love the original “The Thing” far more then the remake” Agreed. It should be taught at film schools as a premier example of how to move a story along with dialog and atmosphere. Christian Nyby gets the credit for directing but Howard Hawks fingerprints are all over it.

That being said, Carpenter’s take was, I think, pretty gripping itself and remains one my favorite horror flicks. “Where were you, Childs?”


21 posted on 01/12/2015 1:02:49 PM PST by D_Idaho ("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
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To: wiggen
Short story, “Who Goes There?” written in 1938.

Have at it!
Enjoy.

Who Goes There?

22 posted on 01/12/2015 2:01:41 PM PST by publius911 (Formerly Publius6961)
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To: Albion Wilde

What is this from? In Yucatan the Mayan’s threw sacrificial maidens down holes like this (cenotes).


23 posted on 01/13/2015 1:17:10 AM PST by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin

It’s just an internet meme. It’s been around (and around and around) for years.


24 posted on 01/13/2015 10:58:37 AM PST by Albion Wilde (It is better to offend a human being than to offend God.)
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