Posted on 08/06/2013 9:52:41 AM PDT by Errant
August 5, 2013 SIBERIA - Having an official task to draw up a geological map of the region, a young geologist ended up running into something so unique, outstanding and mysterious that it would still puzzle scientists more than six decades later the Patomskiy Crater. A host of theories have been put forward in the intervening years: that the crater was created by an ancient civilization, or by prisoners at a top secret Stalin labor camp, or by volcanic activity, or by a meteorite, or by an underground hydrogen explosion, or by a UFO. And even more tantalizing: by two UFOs. Stories have been handed down by native people who knew about the cursed crater long before Kolpakov revealed it to the outside world. Among these accounts, were warnings that this Devils Place was dangerous to humans. Questions remain unanswered about a phenomenon that has been called The Most Mysterious Place in Russia. For example, why dont trees grow on the side of the cone-like structure? Radiation levels are low now, but there is evidence they were once very high: why? In August 1949, when Kolpakov reached the very north of Irkutsk region, local Yakut people told him a story about an evil place, hidden in the woods. They called it the Fire Eagle Nest, and according to them even the deer didnt dare to go close to it. Locals told a lot of legends about it, warning people would suddenly start feeling unwell or even disappear, some to be found dead later, some never to be found. As recently as 2005, indeed, the head of a mission to the crater died suddenly within several kilometers of it.
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There should be more than one cone though. And the material that this one is made of is different than what you find flowing from a volcano.
He had a heart stint put in today.
True.
Limestone and chip.
It may be a gas breakout.
They do have that permaburning natural gas seep over there too.
And it may be a result of a nuke capping procedure as someone else mentioned.
But it was discovered in 1949.
So that doesn’t fit.
It being a natural gas seep cone, that would explain people dying near it.
Hmm.
Wonder if they could do seismic tomography near there to get a view of what’s below?
Yep, need tomography, perhaps some test wells to find out what’s down there. Agree the date would have to be a fabrication for the nuke theory, but that theory lends itself better to the formation, the material it consists of, and the stated radioactivity.
Heck, I’m not qualified to do any of the work, but I’d be glad to go and do some schlepping to find out what’s down there.
While on a smaller scale you can see the process of gelifluction on these permafrost heaves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Permafrost_stone-rings_hg.jpg
I’m back to my original thought that something had to have created a nice round hole for the material below to be pushed back out of. Impact from a very dense and relatively small object is also a possibility of how the initial borehole was formed, IMO.
Yes, but the size of this one makes it hard to believe that could have been the process here? Then there should be similar others in the area.
That would be interesting to go do. ;)
not necessarily....
Certainly the processes by there self are not unique though the formation is. I would be hesitant to think that just because only one was found others do or did not exist.
Certainly the area according to the map was heavily involved with the ice fields.
but who knows....lol
Heck, I’d love to get a full 360 area map of what’s underground.
Limestone isn’t known for being plastic ands malleable, so to do that.. makes me want to see the seismic tomography even more.
According to studies of Siberian scientists, the crater formed during the 300-350 years since the end of the beginning of the 15th or 16th centuries. The zoning of the crater caused by geological processes and intensive introduction of deep gas flows of matter, which led to the transformation of silicate rocks within the crater. "An important confirmation of these ideas were the result of s geophysics from St. Petersburg (SB State University of Mining) and Yekaterinburg (Institute of Geophysics, UB RAS). Performing gravimetric and geoelectrical investigations in a professional manner, they also came to the firm conviction that Patom crater has a depth of an endogenetic nature ", said Antipin. source
From this, I infer the gist of the matter is that it was an earth fart, rather than either a volcanic or cosmic event.
A gassing event would explain many, if not all, of the reported sicknesses, avoidances, and deaths.
Rising Expectations...
Obama said he had nothing to do with it.
More study is needed, especially what the makeup of the geology underground is like.
When did you start believing Obama? lol
I agree; too much missing data that more investigation needs to discover, before a more definitive explanation can be derived. The ‘earth fart’ comment that was what I understood to be the gist of the quoted more less tentatively accepted hypothesis, as opposed to the other two mainline contenders.
Agree, I’d expect the cause to be just as unusual as the result. :)
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