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Huge Impact Crater Uncovered in Canadian Forest
National Geographic News ^
| November 25, 2008
| John Roach
Posted on 11/28/2008 7:56:19 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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A 1,100-year-old crater created by a meteorite the size of a big tree trunk has been discovered underneath thick growth (top) in western Canada, a November 2008 study said. Scientists used a new crater-spotting imaging technique to "strip" away the vegetation and reveal the 120-foot (36-meter) wide circular impression (bottom). [Photograph courtesy University of Alberta]
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11/28/2008 7:56:19 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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11/28/2008 7:56:32 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
the size of a big tree stump I like quantifiable science!
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11/28/2008 7:58:57 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: ClearCase_guy
Hey, at least the processed image showing the crater has an Etch-a-Sketch quality.
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11/28/2008 8:00:06 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: ClearCase_guy
They said 36 m wide. Now that's not exactly a "tree stump" size, but you can get a hole like that if you overdo our charge when you blow a stump!
Not that anybody ever does something like that, but they do!
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posted on
11/28/2008 8:02:40 PM PST
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muawiyah
To: SunkenCiv
Hold Muh Beer
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11/28/2008 8:05:59 PM PST
by
Westlander
(Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
To: SunkenCiv
Thanks for the ping.
When I read the title I thought: So that is where Rosie O'Donnell hit when they booted her out of Hollywood...
Saw a GREEN meteor one night, it was supercool...
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11/28/2008 8:13:35 PM PST
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bigheadfred
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To: bigheadfred
We saw a green meteor last night. It was pretty spectacular.
L
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11/28/2008 8:16:37 PM PST
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Lurker
("America is at that awkward stage. " Claire Wolfe, call your office.)
To: Lurker
Figured it was a little green man that bailed out early.
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11/28/2008 8:34:40 PM PST
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bigheadfred
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To: SunkenCiv
Is that what killed the dinosaurs? (JOKE!)
To: ozzymandus
Is that what killed the dinosaurs? (JOKE!)That's just silly
Everyone knows it was Bush's fault.
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11/28/2008 8:48:39 PM PST
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bigheadfred
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To: muawiyah
The crater is 36 m wide. The object required to create that crater is far smaller.
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11/28/2008 8:50:49 PM PST
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Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: bigheadfred
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11/28/2008 8:51:54 PM PST
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Publius6961
(Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
To: bigheadfred
Saw a GREEN meteor one night, it was supercool... Are you "Den?"
...obscure Heavy Metal reference...
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posted on
11/28/2008 8:53:29 PM PST
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Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: SunkenCiv
This occurred 1,100 years ago and humans must have seen it.
How do you think a description of this thing was passed down in legend and myth?
Could it be a Thunderbird?
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11/28/2008 8:55:52 PM PST
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blam
To: Grizzled Bear
I must be getting old if that’s an obscure reference...dang...
To: blam
I’m sure the people there at that time were too busy preserving 50,000 year old folklore with minute details about ancestors to bother with a little rock impact. /sarc
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11/28/2008 8:57:41 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: Westlander
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11/28/2008 9:01:22 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: ozzymandus
"Is that what killed the dinosaurs? (JOKE!)"
No, but it made a moose have bad dreams for a couple of weeks.
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11/28/2008 9:01:25 PM PST
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Hunton Peck
(Does the President Elect have any friends at all who are *not* psychopaths?)
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