The feature known as Horseshoe Basin in the western Gulf of Mexico shows up far more clearly on the new high-resolution map (right).
Map by Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Posted on 05/27/2017 6:13:31 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The floor of the Gulf of Mexico is one of the most geologically interesting stretches of the Earth’s surface. The gulf’s peculiar history gave rise to a landscape riddled with domes, pockmarks, canyons, faults, and channels — all revealed in more detail than ever before by a new 1.4 billion-pixel map.
This striking view of the ocean floor off the coasts of Louisiana and Texas was created by a government agency you’ve likely never heard of called the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). The bureau’s job is to manage exploration and development of the country’s offshore mineral and energy resources. Consequently it has access to all the survey data that private companies collect.
The exploration companies use 3-D seismic imaging to map areas of the Gulf they are interested in. This involves towing high-powered underwater air guns behind a ship. When the guns fire, they create sound waves that travel down and are reflected back up by the sea floor. Lines of underwater microphones pulled along the surface behind the ship record how long it takes the reflected waves to reach them, data that can then be translated into topography.
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Could that have been made by Paul Bunyan’s ox?
Oh my.
Have you ever taken a Rorschach test?
That horseshoe is “pointed” at the Yucatan peninsula. Could a blob from that asteroid from 65 million years ago have affected that feature?
[The map] was created by a government agency you’ve likely never heard of called the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
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There are countless such agencies in the federal government. A virtual constellation of bureaucracies, many of whom work in areas that overlap and often duplicate the work of other agencies. These redundancies are very expensive and wasteful.
Its a cool map, but did we need another nondescript government agency to produce this?
More to the point—Where in the Constitution is the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management authorized?
Meteor impact crater. That would be a sterilizer for the North American continent.
Not any more, because they always make them to look like a penis. And when you say “that’s a penis”, they schedule more therapy and slap you with a bill. It’s a scam.
I’m impressed! Lets talk about Michelle’s butt.
We need to demand that our elected officials commit to substantially reducing the size of government when they ask for our votes. Never let them off the hook. Votes should be conditional on seeing specific plans from challengers and/or specific actions from incumbents. This has to be a top priority for voters because an expansive government is costly, inefficient, and dangerous to our freedoms.
Now that there's just damned funny.
Of course, much of the Gulf of Mexico was dry land before the global warming melted the great glacier.
Looks like point of impact of meteor many moons ago.
When I was a kid I used to wonder why geodes were found around Tampa Bay. Certainly Fla was never volcanic or igneous.
Years later it was established a meteor had hit Earth near what is the Yucatan Peninsular.
That map sure looks like the spot.
I always thought that the entire Gulf could be an impact crater, modified by some rotational aspects of the region since.
I argued this with a geology teacher at college years ago, but he thought it was all rotational.
But just look at it. Basin, central peak, etc.... Similar to a lot of impact craters on the Moon.
I always answer “vagina”, no matter what the image is. They try to schedule me for more therapy but I tell them it’s a bad time of the month.
I’d expect lots of fractured, glassy, rock to have fanned out over the SE states, and been observed by “Big Oil” geologists.
Hmmm, just noticed the latitude. Much farther N. than Yucatan.
Miami is approx 25 3/4º.
27º would be W of Sarasota, Ft. Myers
Tampa is 28º
The Wapo has a whole slew of unnamed sources that say Trump has made a deal with the ChiComs to let them build artificial islands in the mapped area. They will donate 20% of the proceeds to his new foundation. /sarc
” Lets talk about Michelle’s butt.”
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Add in her thighs and the topic is overwhelming!
At least two zip codes worth!
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