Comments on: Geologist Finds a Meteorite Crater in Google Earth

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:09:40 +0000

It is amusing to see so much hoopla about another puny impact crater among millions visible on the surface of our planet. Since satellite imagery has been around for nearly 50 years, its interesting that so few impact craters have been defined…at last count less than 200 impact craters are listed in the standard databases.

By: luke

luke — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:55:52 +0000

does anyone know if this is one?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=-23,119.6&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=-21.78672,115.947196&spn=0.002635,0.002977&z=18

By: augoldminer

augoldminer — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:17:48 +0000

If that is the case i claim the crater at 21° 21' 34.53"N 17° 01' 33.59"W or 21.359592, -17.025997? as AUGOLDMINER'S meteor crater
and have marked it on http://www.wikimapia.org/

By: mel

mel — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:18:33 +0000

i even want to be a sceinctist when i grow up

By: mel

mel — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:17:26 +0000

wish i could of have seen it i love seeing thing like that

By: michael leask

michael leask — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:06:03 +0000

has anybody ever researched st magnus bay in shetland?i'm sure the whole bay is an impact crater,with the outer rim of debris streaching miles inland over the mainland north south and east.even the sea charts of the area show a very crater like bottom to the sea of the bay.

By: med bh

med bh — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:03:44 +0000

i wont bye meteo chondrite ordenery

By: Gary Antley

Gary Antley — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:37:45 +0000

Well I found a crator a bout 5 years ago on sat images. I am sure it is a crator. I have have since wondered how to get the site reported. As for getting it named after me, well heck that would be like a life acheavement.

Oh… Part of the crator is public land. The crator is about 400 meters or so wide and maybe 2 meters deep. The crator is a perfect circle except for a slite liptical shape like what made it was coming at an angle.

Gary

By: Deeper Vision

Deeper Vision — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:06:45 +0000

Zoom out one or two steps on the Google image.
Now, is it just me, or is that crater, in reality, the mouth of a giant petrified horned demon??

Or perhaps it was built by an ancient Martian civilization, after they completed the Face on Mars, and then were forced to abandon Mars due to the drying up of the canals, and migrate to Earth. Upon which they built this monument to, umm, maintain a connection to their ancient home, and immortalize their angst at its loss.

Then again, it does look a bit like Elvis…

By: JonClarke

JonClarke — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:25:55 +0000

"What interesting is how and whom do I report if I believe that I've found a crater."

Try contacting the relevant government geological survey and university geology departments.

In either case make you sure are familar with criteria for impact craters and give as much infomation as you can.

Good luck!

Jon

By: john

john — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:45:57 +0000

Try google earthing the south east Libya desert. There are 2 craters very close to each other (Kebira and Oasis) and the soil hasnt been disturbed by sand dunes and rain for a very very long time. I was sure I had seen more when I looked a year or so ago.

By: dccharacter

dccharacter — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:44:14 +0000

What interesting is how and whom do I report if I believe that I've found a crater.

By: ahhab

ahhab — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:06:00 +0000

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By: John Mendenhall

John Mendenhall — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:20:52 +0000

Agree with Dave. First the industrial revolution, then the computer revolution. Since for all practical purposes, we may soon be able to know what everybody is doing all the time, we may have the behavioral revolution . . . but I hope not.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:32:29 +0000

Whenever I get discouraged by all the low life stuff on the internet, something like this comes along an renews my faith in the human race. The internet, with all the pitfalls of horrific content, is without precident in human history, that of a creating a global society. I know this seems like a heavy comment on something that could really be considered a footnote, but for some reason it triggered a great appreciation of the oportunities that the internet is offing.

By: Neila

Neila — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:02:06 +0000

Nevertheless, for frustrated Amateur planetary scientists, searching Google maps (and their equivalents) for impact craters would seem an admirable past-time.

By: Daniel Fischer

Daniel Fischer — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:30:38 +0000

> i wish i had my own crater

Careful! It's only a crater if it has been checked on the ground – as in this case – and fulfils several hard criteria. Most 'Google Earth impact craters' turn out to be duds; there was another such case just days ago …

By: pantzov

pantzov — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:10:48 +0000

that's awsome. i wish i had my own crater

By: tacitus

tacitus — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:12:47 +0000

Well, perhaps if there are massive puddles of oil leaking from the ground going unnoticed, you might be able to.

Seams of iron ore are often exposed to the surface, and I guess that a trained geologist would be able to spot telltale signs from good quality satellite maps. No doubt he knew where to look from previous geological surveys done in the area.

By: Namelis

Namelis — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:02:29 +0000

I find it just amazing that you can look for iron ore on publicly available resources. Whats next? Oil?