Hi All,
Ok, not "NEW" in geological terms, but new to us maybe... Just
received an email that and Australian geologist accidentally
discovered a meteorite crater in western Australia.
"Dr. Hickman, from the Geological Survey of Western Australia sent
the Google Earth picture to a colleague who was able to confirm that
it was an undiscovered meteorite crater. The crater is now named
Hickman crater. The crater is believed to be between 10,000 and
100,000 years old and is 885 feet across." SOURCE:
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/03/18/google-earth-leads-geologist-to-meteor-crater
You can also read more here:
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2008/03/australian_geologist_accidentally_d.html
I also found another link from that article. This is probably old
news but I thought I'd share:
A Huge 19 mile wide Crater in the Sahara:
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/03/huge_crater_dis.html
And Here:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060303_big_crater.html
Cool stuff!
Eric
MW
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