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- dimplemonkey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22before you download LUCK, make sure you get the PATIENCE plug-in, otherwise you may not find it usable.
- offler, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Hi, I'm Emilio.
In the same area there are some more circular structures, but as the geologist said circularity is not a proof by itself, so I didn't want to risk credibility to the discovery adding other structures that I was not completly sure. While I'm proud and excited, I'm also a bit worried about how many people will start writing to geologists saying they have found a circular structure ...
On the possitive side we, at Astroseti.org, are now preparing an abstract to attend an impact workshop this summer. This is being a great experience - hrizzo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11Hey!
Where do I download that...
No, not Goggle Earth... I mean LUCK - ke4roh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5You might write English like that if Spanish were your native lanuage. ¿Como es su español?
- cryonix, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Ha Ha thats funny, i did the exact same thing right after i read that article too. and i did find something. but now who do i tell?
- Lacero, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The Earth is so vast I'm not surprised those craters haven't been discovered until now. I spent the better part of an entire day visiting the barren landscape between China and Russia and you can't help but be totally entranced by the sheer size of the Russia/China landmass.
- Mathiias, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Hey twub, they're right here
http://www.slibe.com/image/74093e76-googlein20years_/ - szelij, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I'm waiting for some smart proggrammer to code a program that could analyse pictures and report possible hits...that'd be cool.
- grayBot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3.... hey Emilio !...awesome! ... I did the same sort of the same thing after reading the article,
Is there anyway we could get a wikicrater project going ?
it would work like this.
Have a central website detailing what to look for and what not to look for.
Then users could submit their " crater findings" in what would be "round 1"
the found craters would then go through some sort of quick user based review process to make it to round 2
once in round 2 the "crater findings" would then be looked at by experts to make it to the final round.
Only craters making it to the final round would be confirmed in the "real world" by geologists .
I think you be surprised by the amount of participation this would get, alot of geeks out there would love to say the discovered a crater...
tell me what you think! - EliColburn, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7Incredible.
The fact that the guy found them using a Google product is even better ;] - offler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Well we have a dedicated server at Astroseti, and the idea sounds great. You can write me at info astroseti org and we can discuss!
- Cyberdactyl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The day is soon approaching when a commercial enterprise will provide real time observation and data storage of the terrestrial surface. While this sounds like the ultimate big brother. . .it is, and it isn't. Entities such as the NSA, MI5 and Mossad have had this capability for years, we the public have not.
To be able to run retrieve real-time and/or archived observation data of days or weeks previous, at high resolution, will open new and exciting avenues for law enforcement, search and rescue, environmental research and many other ventures.
But as I said, while it is still a few years off, amazing breakthroughs in data storage is happening every day. Some suggest logarithmic advances in a matter of 2 to 5 years.
Think about it. . .someday soon you may be able to check on your rental house at the beach, check to see if your daughter's car is really at her girlfriend's house, check traffic anywhere you choose. . . all from a space based platform. - Heiliger, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5I'll have to get you the KMZ file... I found Bigfoot, Amelia Earhart, Elvis and Nessie all sitting around a table in the wilderness playing what looks to be poker... The table is inside a big crater and seems to be on fire.
Did I mention that it is a flying table? - Toshibi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2We have all sorts of Impact Craters in eastern North Carolina called Carolina Bays. They are easy to spot on Google Earth.
Since it is in the coastal plane region they mostly look like lakes, but they were formed when meteorites struck the earth, possibly after breaking apart from a bigger rock. - remcgregor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Well if you would read the article, it would tell you specifically who he contacted. Provides a link and everything. Remember, always RTFA.
- Glidedon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Way to go Emilio !
Congratulations to you. - twub, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3oh yeah? wanna impress me, then find my GD keys...
- idiggit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Found one! http://www.google.ca/lochp?hl=fr&q=&ll=45.557972,-73.551675&spn=0.003328,0.007575&t=k
- Billistic, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3This is why I like google, they seem to push the human race just a little bit futher.
- ckoerner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I found the locations in the screen shots. If you have Google Earth installed you can open this KMZ and take a look.
http://www.clkoerner.com/Impact.kmz.zip - smur, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1>> I think you be surprised by the amount of participation this would get, alot of geeks out there would love to
>> say the discovered a crater...
Exactly. You might get way too many submissions in "round 1", and might spend a lot of time weeding out lame and weird submissions.
Good idea though. - methodshop, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Want to follow in Emilio's footsteps? Think you might have found a crater impact? Here's a few tips to help you avoid "crying wolf" with geologists.
1) Make sure you cross check any potential impacts with the Canadian Brunswick University impact crater database.
2) Avoid confusing asteroid craters with volcanos. According to Fernando Claudin, one of the curators of Impact-Structures.com, "Circularity doesn't mean anything by itself for identifying an impact structure." Anything from a landfill to a volcano could have a circular shape. When searching for asteroid craters, you want the layers of the external ring to be inclined outwards and the internal ring to have a central elevation.
3) Still think you found something? Organize our findings and contact your local geologist.
Good luck. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I found two impact craters in Japan... I don't think objects from space were involved...
- modian, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Ha...I can almost hear the diggers groaning at your joke as they're modding you down. :oP
- cryonix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Heres the Chain of Impacts
as you can see they almost form a perfect line.
N21 44'24 E19 20'36 (1st Crater -Emilio Gonzalez)
N21 17'13 E19 20'36 (2nd Crater-Emilio Gonzalez)
N19 05'35 E19 14'32 (3rd Crater) - kiwimonk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This looks to me like two long extinct volcanos .. Its right in line with more recent volcanos to the west. Sorry ;)
- mikeazorin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Someone figure out the coordinates yet?
- clumsyninja, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I saw at least one of those near the big crater when I checked it out. Didn't pay it much mind, though. Thought it was just a huge sand dune or something.
- airship, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Actually, we live in an era where much more scientific data is being generated than 'legit' scientists have time to analyze. Amateur astronomers have always been a major resource for the science of astronomy, with amateurs discovering many asteroids and comets. Now, if you know what to look for and have the patience for it, there's no reason you can't do real science by examining and analyzing NASA photos in your web browser.
- Mads, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1This is an incredible digg....dugg
- ByteGuerilla, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1you can see them in the pictures, just about. Definitely can make out the hours, and from there it's not too hard.
- ByteGuerilla, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah. Lois this is not my batman glass.
You download the plugin BEFORE you download the app? Quantum computing going on here, 'cause the last time I messed with the timeline I had to do this whole pallaver with making sure my parents got together at their prom back in 69.
-MJF - jadattack91, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Hah Well, these were dicovered 3 weeks ago by NASA and there is a story about it here on digg.
- l3ill, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1thats freakin awesome
- StarManta, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3I'm actually surprised that these weren't discovered by whatever low-paid Google/Navteq employee was stitching together the satellite pictures in the first place.
- Phaedrus73, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Now if it would just get even closer and clearer maybe we could find Bigfoot too, would be no place left to hide. It's especially funny that this didnt really take him all that long to do.
- Martime, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Incredible, now if Adriana Ocampo confirms they are part of the chain she is studying, this guy will became a celebrity ;-)
- godsdog, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2i found 69 craters in bagdad 2 in egypt 1 in london subway station ....gotta stop post hellhounds on my trail...
- martian2k4, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0Who, That pretty amazing :o. Bet he's happy
- Toshibi, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1I did too! Haha
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Pretty sad..just because someone finds a circular looking area they automatically assume it is a crater. Investigate it next, but don't just assume it is a damn crater. no digg...lame
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1""fter a while I decided to "take off" but few seconds later another suspicious structure just 50km away _catched_ my attention. ""
:? - ds9ds9, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1That is very cool
- gumby05, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1I've always wondered about what happened to that kid...
Good for him. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -12/+4It's all about scale. I dropped a few rocks from my roof and found some "impact craters" in my back yard. I'm waiting on the geologists to confirm it, though.
That's very impressive. Hurrah for Emilio. Hurrah for google!
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