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March 9th 06, 05:37 PM
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Huge Crater Found in Egypt
Why is the story; listed below; largely ignored. ... I would have
thought that it was a ' big deal' ???? I don't see any "pushing" of this news, vis a vis, the regular internet channels ... Puzzled, RL --------------------------------------- " Scientists have discovered a huge crater in the Saharan desert, the largest one ever found there. The crater is about 19 miles (31 kilometers) wide, more than twice as big as the next largest Saharan crater known. It utterly dwarfs Meteor Crater in Arizona, which is about three-fourths of a mile (1.2 kilometers) in diameter. In fact, the newfound crater, in Egypt, was likely carved by a space rock that was itself roughly 0.75 miles wide in an event that would have been quite a shock, destroying everything for hundreds of miles. For comparison, the Chicxulub crater left by a dinosaur-killing asteroid 65 million years ago is estimated to be 100 to 150 miles (160 to 240 kilometers) wide. The crater was discovered in satellite images by Boston University researchers Farouk El-Baz and Eman Ghoneim. El-Baz named the crater "Kebira," which means "large" in Arabic and also relates to its location on the northern tip of the Gilf Kebir region in southwestern Egypt. "Kebira may have escaped recognition because it is so large," equal to the "expanse of the Cairo urban region from its airport in the northeast to the Pyramids of Giza in the southwest," El-Baz said today. "Also, the search for craters typically concentrates on small features, especially those that can be identified on the ground. The advantage of a view from space is that it allows us to see regional patterns and the big picture." ... See http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...ig_crater.html for source and more ... 
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#2
March 9th 06, 06:46 PM
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Maybe Darla took a dump [ Huge Crater Found in Egypt
On 9 Mar 2006 09:37:45 -0800, "Raving Loonie"
wrote: Why is the story; listed below; largely ignored. ... I would have thought that it was a ' big deal' ???? I don't see any "pushing" of this news, vis a vis, the regular internet channels ... Puzzled, RL --------------------------------------- " Scientists have discovered a huge crater in the Saharan desert, the largest one ever found there. The crater is about 19 miles (31 kilometers) wide, more than twice as big as the next largest Saharan crater known. It utterly dwarfs Meteor Crater in Arizona, which is about three-fourths of a mile (1.2 kilometers) in diameter. In fact, the newfound crater, in Egypt, was likely carved by a space rock that was itself roughly 0.75 miles wide in an event that would have been quite a shock, destroying everything for hundreds of miles. For comparison, the Chicxulub crater left by a dinosaur-killing asteroid 65 million years ago is estimated to be 100 to 150 miles (160 to 240 kilometers) wide. The crater was discovered in satellite images by Boston University researchers Farouk El-Baz and Eman Ghoneim. El-Baz named the crater "Kebira," which means "large" in Arabic and also relates to its location on the northern tip of the Gilf Kebir region in southwestern Egypt. "Kebira may have escaped recognition because it is so large," equal to the "expanse of the Cairo urban region from its airport in the northeast to the Pyramids of Giza in the southwest," El-Baz said today. "Also, the search for craters typically concentrates on small features, especially those that can be identified on the ground. The advantage of a view from space is that it allows us to see regional patterns and the big picture." ... See http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...ig_crater.html for source and more ... Maybe Darla took a dump. Jade
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March 10th 06, 02:07 AM
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Maybe Darla took a dump [ Huge Crater Found in Egypt
Daedalus wrote:
On 9 Mar 2006 09:37:45 -0800, "Raving Loonie" wrote: Why is the story; listed below; largely ignored. ... I would have thought that it was a ' big deal' ???? I don't see any "pushing" of this news, vis a vis, the regular internet channels ... Puzzled, RL --------------------------------------- " Scientists have discovered a huge crater in the Saharan desert, the largest one ever found there. The crater is about 19 miles (31 kilometers) wide, more than twice as big as the next largest Saharan crater known. It utterly dwarfs Meteor Crater in Arizona, which is about three-fourths of a mile (1.2 kilometers) in diameter. In fact, the newfound crater, in Egypt, was likely carved by a space rock that was itself roughly 0.75 miles wide in an event that would have been quite a shock, destroying everything for hundreds of miles. For comparison, the Chicxulub crater left by a dinosaur-killing asteroid 65 million years ago is estimated to be 100 to 150 miles (160 to 240 kilometers) wide. The crater was discovered in satellite images by Boston University researchers Farouk El-Baz and Eman Ghoneim. El-Baz named the crater "Kebira," which means "large" in Arabic and also relates to its location on the northern tip of the Gilf Kebir region in southwestern Egypt. "Kebira may have escaped recognition because it is so large," equal to the "expanse of the Cairo urban region from its airport in the northeast to the Pyramids of Giza in the southwest," El-Baz said today. "Also, the search for craters typically concentrates on small features, especially those that can be identified on the ground. The advantage of a view from space is that it allows us to see regional patterns and the big picture." ... See http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...ig_crater.html for source and more ... Maybe Darla took a dump. Or the Kook Ship Darla-Pop made a nose-dive. -- Official Associate AFA-B Vote Rustler Official Overseer of Kooks and Saucerheads in alt.astronomy Official Agent of Deception Co-Winner, alt.(f)lame Worst Flame War, December 2005 "Causation of gravity is missing frame field always attempting renormalization back to base memory of equalized uniform momentum." -- nightbat the saucerhead-in-chief
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#4
March 10th 06, 07:34 PM
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Maybe Darla took a dump [ Huge Crater Found in Egypt
On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:07:11 -0700, Art Deco
wrote: Daedalus wrote: On 9 Mar 2006 09:37:45 -0800, "Raving Loonie" wrote: Why is the story; listed below; largely ignored. ... I would have thought that it was a ' big deal' ???? I don't see any "pushing" of this news, vis a vis, the regular internet channels ... Puzzled, RL --------------------------------------- " Scientists have discovered a huge crater in the Saharan desert, the largest one ever found there. The crater is about 19 miles (31 kilometers) wide, more than twice as big as the next largest Saharan crater known. It utterly dwarfs Meteor Crater in Arizona, which is about three-fourths of a mile (1.2 kilometers) in diameter. In fact, the newfound crater, in Egypt, was likely carved by a space rock that was itself roughly 0.75 miles wide in an event that would have been quite a shock, destroying everything for hundreds of miles. For comparison, the Chicxulub crater left by a dinosaur-killing asteroid 65 million years ago is estimated to be 100 to 150 miles (160 to 240 kilometers) wide. The crater was discovered in satellite images by Boston University researchers Farouk El-Baz and Eman Ghoneim. El-Baz named the crater "Kebira," which means "large" in Arabic and also relates to its location on the northern tip of the Gilf Kebir region in southwestern Egypt. "Kebira may have escaped recognition because it is so large," equal to the "expanse of the Cairo urban region from its airport in the northeast to the Pyramids of Giza in the southwest," El-Baz said today. "Also, the search for craters typically concentrates on small features, especially those that can be identified on the ground. The advantage of a view from space is that it allows us to see regional patterns and the big picture." ... See http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...ig_crater.html for source and more ... Maybe Darla took a dump. Or the Kook Ship Darla-Pop made a nose-dive. Think that 85 year old Japanese chick was at the wheel? Jade
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#5
March 10th 06, 08:16 PM
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Maybe Darla took a dump [ Huge Crater Found in Egypt
Daedalus wrote:
On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:07:11 -0700, Art Deco wrote: Daedalus wrote: On 9 Mar 2006 09:37:45 -0800, "Raving Loonie" wrote: Why is the story; listed below; largely ignored. ... I would have thought that it was a ' big deal' ???? I don't see any "pushing" of this news, vis a vis, the regular internet channels ... Puzzled, RL --------------------------------------- " Scientists have discovered a huge crater in the Saharan desert, the largest one ever found there. The crater is about 19 miles (31 kilometers) wide, more than twice as big as the next largest Saharan crater known. It utterly dwarfs Meteor Crater in Arizona, which is about three-fourths of a mile (1.2 kilometers) in diameter. In fact, the newfound crater, in Egypt, was likely carved by a space rock that was itself roughly 0.75 miles wide in an event that would have been quite a shock, destroying everything for hundreds of miles. For comparison, the Chicxulub crater left by a dinosaur-killing asteroid 65 million years ago is estimated to be 100 to 150 miles (160 to 240 kilometers) wide. The crater was discovered in satellite images by Boston University researchers Farouk El-Baz and Eman Ghoneim. El-Baz named the crater "Kebira," which means "large" in Arabic and also relates to its location on the northern tip of the Gilf Kebir region in southwestern Egypt. "Kebira may have escaped recognition because it is so large," equal to the "expanse of the Cairo urban region from its airport in the northeast to the Pyramids of Giza in the southwest," El-Baz said today. "Also, the search for craters typically concentrates on small features, especially those that can be identified on the ground. The advantage of a view from space is that it allows us to see regional patterns and the big picture." ... See http://www.space.com/scienceastronom...ig_crater.html for source and more ... Maybe Darla took a dump. Or the Kook Ship Darla-Pop made a nose-dive. Think that 85 year old Japanese chick was at the wheel? Do think that it was caused by an AUK-turd? RL
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#6
March 10th 06, 02:46 AM
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Huge Crater Found in Egypt
Raving Loonie wrote:
Why is the story; listed below; largely ignored. ... I would have thought that it was a ' big deal' ???? I don't see any "pushing" of this news, vis a vis, the regular internet channels ... Puzzled, RL --------------------------------------- " Scientists have discovered a huge crater in the Saharan desert, the largest one ever found there. The crater is about 19 miles (31 kilometers) wide, more than twice as big as the next largest Saharan crater known. It utterly dwarfs Meteor Crater in Arizona, which is about three-fourths of a mile (1.2 kilometers) in diameter. [...] It's a series of concentric ridgebacks. Not much spooge was expended during the Discovery. -- ah
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