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How to Discover Impact Craters with Google Earth

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the for-fun-and-more-fun dept.

Maikel_NAI writes "Believe it or not, Emilio Gonzalez, a Spaniard amateur began his crater search at home after reading an article about the discovery of Kebira, the biggest one found in the Sahara. After a couple of minutes he located two craters. After checking the records, he realized these were completely new, and now two geologists confirm his findings. And there is more, these craters may be part of a chain studied by NASA geologist Adriana Ocampo, so if it's confirmed that these new ones are part of the same episode, it could mean the definitive evidence for her theory of an asteroid broken into pieces fallen in that area."

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  1. So would the lawyer for these people... by AnonymousPrick · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Area 51 workers suing Gov.

    From the TV specials that I've seen about this, it looks like area 51 was an R&D facility for rockets, planes, and other weapons. Unfortunatley, that requires a lot of toxic chemicals. Also, the workers would burn a lot of the failed projects so that they wouldn't be discovered. Like many areas of the US, one of the biggest polluters is the US Government.

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  2. Historical views by mgkimsal2 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I know we don't have the previous satellite images from years gone by, but would it be practical to use some sort of image diffing program to look for changes in satellite imagery in the future? Yes, you'd get all the new building activity and whatnot, but we should also be able to tell when new craters hit (or other bigger changes happen) automatically. 'course, I've no idea how often global satellite images are updated, or how long it takes, so it might not be practical any time soon... Hundred years or so from now, it would be fun (if nothing else) to watch movies of how areas changed, both from direct human changes (buildings, etc) and from natural forces (coastal erosion and so on).

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  3. Google Earth tourism by FuzzyBad-Mofo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You can find many interesting sights on Google Earth (and Maps). Some of the ones I've found interesting are:

    Australia's Great Barrier Reef
    The USS Arizona memorial at Pearl Harbor
    China's Three Gorges dam
    The Golden Gate Bridge

    1. Re:Google Earth tourism by Ford+Prefect · · Score: 5, Interesting

      The Register had a fun black helicopters competition - looking for covert military stuff with Google Earth. They've had plenty of weird Google Earth things featured, including an incredible, um, giant profanity. Wahey.

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  4. Google Sight Seeing by ntsucks · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If you just want to look at cool stuff with Google Maps/Earth, without the searching. This place www.googlesightseeing.com has tons of cool stuff found in Google Maps/Earth.

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