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Relic of ancient asteroid found ..punched 160km-wide (100 miles) hole in the Earth's surface
BBC ^
| Wednesday, 10 May 2006, 17:10 GMT 18:10 UK
| Rebecca Morelle
BBC News science reporter
Posted on 05/10/2006 10:42:29 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: blam; SunkenCiv; NormsRevenge; RadioAstronomer
So what kind of catastrophe hit us back then?
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The crater is hidden beneath the Kalahari Desert
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Morokweng crater
To: All
The Morokweng crater is 145 million years old
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"So what kind of catastrophe hit us back then?" Us? We weren't around then.
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05/10/2006 10:48:05 PM PDT
by
blam
To: razorback-bert
Well, now I don't know what to believe,...
To: blam
Well guess that is good.....
Looks like a real hard rock......
To: blam
Did this one do in the Dinosaurs?
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
When a large impactor strikes the Earth, a colossal amount of heat is produced; and the asteroid material is believed to vaporise or fuse with the surrounding rocks.
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Is this why there are so many diamonds found there, I wonder? Sud AFRika is rich in minerals and precious metals too.
To: blam
"So what kind of catastrophe hit us back then?"
Us? We weren't around then."
Check with Helen Thomas. And look through the papers of young Strom Thurmond.
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05/10/2006 10:55:03 PM PDT
by
GSlob
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
My bad, the picture is of the Pretoria Saltpan crater.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"Did this one do in the Dinosaurs?" Nah. The dinosaur killer was 65 million years ago, Chixhlub, off the north coast of Mexico.
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05/10/2006 10:57:35 PM PDT
by
blam
To: NormsRevenge
Diamonds come out of earthly processes as I understand it....volcanic pipes....
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I know it takes a lot of pressure and heat applied over a long period of time.. just a thought.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
"But all of a sudden we can study a meteorite that fell 145 million years agoNow we don't have to go to Mars.
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05/10/2006 11:15:32 PM PDT
by
taxesareforever
(Never forget Matt Maupin)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Beavis: "Whoa! That's a big ass hole!"
Butt-Head: "Excuse me?"
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05/10/2006 11:16:56 PM PDT
by
Rastus
To: GSlob
"So what kind of catastrophe hit us back then?"
Us? We weren't around then."
Check with Helen Thomas."
The catastrophe WAS Helen Thomas.
To: flaglady47
Correction, Helen Thomas is an ongoing catastrophe.
To: MedicalMess
"Correction, Helen Thomas is an ongoing catastrophe."
You got that right.
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