Google Earth Map Showing Meteor Impact Craters |
  |
Google Earth Map Showing Meteor Impact Craters |
 Dec 6 2005, 05:52 PM
Post
#1
|
|
 Member  Group: Members Posts: 562 Joined: 29-March 05 Member No.: 221  |
Google maps showing Meteor Impact Craters. Pretty neat stuff.
|
 |
 
|
|
Dec 6 2005, 08:07 PM
Post
#2
|
|
|
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 8-August 05 Member No.: 457 |
Yeah,
Pretty neat stuff. Though, for those that prefer to use Google Earth (the .exe) http://www.googleearthhacks.com/dlcat34/Craters.htm There is better coverage... |
|
|
|
|
Dec 6 2005, 08:28 PM
Post
#3
|
|
|
Member Group: Members Posts: 249 Joined: 11-June 05 From: Finland (62°14′N 25°44′E) Member No.: 408 |
It's badly incomplete. Google Earth in turn has most craters marked several times.
-------------------- The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 6 2005, 08:59 PM
Post
#4
|
|
 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
QUOTE (Jyril @ Dec 6 2005, 08:28 PM) It's badly incomplete.  Agreed, I see Odessa, Texas (visible in Google Earth at 31 45.40 N, 102 28.74 W) is missing and probably 30 or 40 others -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 6 2005, 09:16 PM
Post
#5
|
|
|
Member Group: Members Posts: 249 Joined: 11-June 05 From: Finland (62°14′N 25°44′E) Member No.: 408 |
Many more. For example, all European, Russian, and South American craters are missing.
-------------------- The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 7 2005, 06:48 AM
Post
#6
|
|
 The Insider Group: Members Posts: 669 Joined: 3-May 04 Member No.: 73 |
Perhaps the one best resources is this Google Earth placemark located here which contains about 175 locations for known impact craters. If you have Google Earth installed and click on the "Open the Placemark" file, it will list and show all those locations on the GE globe, along with the diameter and approximate age.
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.ph...re&Number=30566 Also, here is a full impact tour with overlays: http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.ph...er/71111/page/0 |
|
|
|
|
Jan 9 2006, 07:02 AM
Post
#7
|
|
|
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 72 Joined: 22-December 05 Member No.: 616 |
That Google Earth application is really ashtonishing !!!
http://earth.google.com/downloads.html |
|
|
|
|
Jan 13 2006, 07:30 PM
Post
#8
|
|
 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1281 Joined: 18-December 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 124 |
QUOTE (Steffen @ Jan 8 2006, 11:02 PM) Mac users (if you are running Tiger 10.4) might want to try that link again now... 
-------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
|
|
|
|
Feb 23 2006, 05:47 AM
Post
#9
|
|
 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
I don't always keep up with this thread because Google Earth is _so_ slow on my dialup connection, but it is pretty amazing. I thought some of you might be interested in this news I just received in a Google Friends newsletter.
"Google Friends Newsletter February 2006 February salutations to Google Friends everywhere. We hope you enjoy this update on Google services and new products. At the bottom of this message, you'll find details on subscribing to or canceling this newsletter. POWER TIP Winter Games Enhanced We've updated Google Earth and Google Local with high resolution imagery of the area surrounding Torino, Italy, home of the 2006 Winter Games. With Google Earth installed, click on the KMZ file for Olympic Venues, which will load placemarks for all the major sites at the Games. To really appreciate the scenery, be sure to enable the Terrain layer and take advantage of the tilt view control in Google Earth: We've also generated street maps for Torino, which are available in the Google Maps API for those of you interested in creating Winter Games mashups. http://earth.google.com http://local.google.com (search on 'Turin' or 'Torino') This Google Blog post features even more Games-related news: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/gamesmanship.html ..." I haven't tried it, since my pipeline is more like a capillary tube, but if I know Google, they should be pretty nice views, and some of you in the lucky countries can ply your skills to win the Fiat Sedici mentioned in the last link. -------------------- ...Tom
I'm not a Space Fan, I'm a Space Exploration Enthusiast. |
|
|
|
|
Mar 6 2006, 12:04 PM
Post
#10
|
|
|
Member Group: Members Posts: 562 Joined: 29-March 05 Member No.: 221 |
Space.com are reporting a large impact crater 'discovered in eygpt' by Farouk El-Baz et al. I imagine that name will be familar to those who have read Chaikin's 'A Man on the Moon'. A quick google shows yep it's the same guy
 edit: i've added a link to google maps showing the crater. I found it in about thirty seconds based on the description in the article "Western Desert of Egypt at the border with Libya" makes you wonder how much other stuff is to be discoverd |
|
|
|
|
Mar 6 2006, 06:47 PM
Post
#11
|
|
 Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3231 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
http://www.googleearthhacks.com/dlfile1435...uika-crater.htm
 I have never heard of this?!? Wow, a 20 km crater formed in 1443.  Anyone know of any good links for info on this?!?EDIT: Did some google searches. Looks like this is complete garbage (I figured as such, an impact of that size would be kinda noticeable. -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io |
|
|
|
|
Mar 6 2006, 07:18 PM
Post
#12
|
|
|
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 8-August 05 Member No.: 457 |
QUOTE (volcanopele @ Mar 6 2006, 11:17 PM) Did some google searches. Looks like this is complete garbage (I figured as such, an impact of that size would be kinda noticeable. LOL, i posted that garbage... Take it from me that the evidence is there....(yes really) Hum, i found this in a few clicks random link |
|
|
|
|
Mar 6 2006, 08:28 PM
Post
#13
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 3231 Joined: 11-February 04 From: Tucson, AZ Member No.: 23 |
QUOTE (blobrana @ Mar 6 2006, 12:18 PM) LOL, i posted that garbage... Take it from me that the evidence is there....(yes really) Hum, i found this in a few clicks random link Okay, not garbage, but it certainly is controversial, particularly on the age of the impact, and the connection to south pacific tsunamis in the 15th Century. -------------------- &@^^!% Jim! I'm a geologist, not a physicist!
The Gish Bar Times - A Blog all about Jupiter's Moon Io |
|
|
|
|
Mar 6 2006, 10:53 PM
Post
#14
|
|
|
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 8-August 05 Member No.: 457 |
Hum,
Well i suppose that the relatively recent date may shock a few people, and that it have been controversial a few years ago... But, Dallas Abbott of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) and her colleagues analysed melt water from nine samples taken from the West Antarctic Siple Dome ice core that date between 1440 and 1448 A.D. and found high values of potassium and calcium as well as impact glass, microcrystalline magnetite, minerals and five microfossils corresponding to the 1443 A.D. level. Several pieces of evidence point to Mahuika as the source ... http://www.earth2class.org/k12/w8_s2004/content.htm http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/artic...8/8meteor_2.htm http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/ccc/cc120403.html |
|
|
|
|
Mar 7 2006, 08:31 AM
Post
#15
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1870 Joined: 20-February 05 Member No.: 174 |
Farouk El-Baz gave a talk at a planetary science meeting I was at in the early 80's, probably, more a travelogue than a science talk. May have been a dinner or other non-session presentation.
He had led (I believe) a major comparative planetology expedition to "Chinese Mongolia" or some nearby deserts in the far interior northwest of China. This was an international expedition, not long after "red" China had re-opened to outsiders. The locals, probably Uighur or another Turkic ethnicity, knew each other and their ethnic chinese overlords, but had had no contact with true outsiders. They were apparently totally blown away by how DIFFERENT the various visitors were from each other. Americans of various ethnicities, including a black planetary geologicst, an Egyptian arab.... I don't know who all. Farouk's a really nice guy, a solidly good scientist, one hell of an international organizer... I hope to <bleep> he writes an autobiography someday. |
|
|
|
|
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 19th April 2024 - 04:22 PM |
|
RULES AND GUIDELINES Please read the Forum Rules and Guidelines before posting. IMAGE COPYRIGHT |
OPINIONS AND MODERATION Opinions expressed on UnmannedSpaceflight.com are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of UnmannedSpaceflight.com or The Planetary Society. The all-volunteer UnmannedSpaceflight.com moderation team is wholly independent of The Planetary Society. The Planetary Society has no influence over decisions made by the UnmannedSpaceflight.com moderators. |
SUPPORT THE FORUM Unmannedspaceflight.com is funded by the Planetary Society. Please consider supporting our work and many other projects by donating to the Society or becoming a member. |
|
