[Fred Nerks]

the whale skeleton remains were found close to 'Shisur' shown on the map, Shisur is another name for Ubar, The Lost City.

http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/exhibits/ubar/ubar_4.html

Impact Craters in the Empty Quarter:

http://www.datadubai.com/about-dubai/history/a-desert-impact-site-demonstrates-the-wrath-of-rocks-from-space/

...…by Jeffrey C. Wynn and Eugene M. Shoemaker

[SunkenCiv]

Excellent, thanks for that second link! Of course, Eugene Shoemaker died in the 1990s, so that paper was in press for a while. :’)

[blam]

A desert impact site demonstrates the wrath of rocks from space