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Slam, bang, thanks Saddam: new meteor theory
The Sunday Telegraph via Sydney Morning Herald ^
| 11/06/01
| Robert Matthews
Posted on 11/05/2001 7:38:35 AM PST by dead
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posted on
11/05/2001 7:38:35 AM PST
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dead
To: dead
Neat - so where's the photo?
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posted on
11/05/2001 7:50:47 AM PST
by
ctdonath2
To: ctdonath2
Maybe we can pray for a big fat meteor to fall smack on those Taliban caves.
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posted on
11/05/2001 7:53:59 AM PST
by
Ciexyz
To: dead
If confirmed, it would indicate an impact equivalent to hundreds of nuclear bombs, causing devastating fires and flooding I've been feeling a bit nostalgic lately....
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posted on
11/05/2001 7:55:54 AM PST
by
Mr. Bird
To: ctdonath2
I wondered the same thing myself. The SMH Herald didn't include a copy (rather lame, considering the article is about the photo.)
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posted on
11/05/2001 7:59:01 AM PST
by
dead
To: dead
I'd like to see a news network that really focuses on images rather than text or talking heads. Too often news outlets talk about an image but don't bother to show it, or show just a couple out of dozens/hundreds available.
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posted on
11/05/2001 8:16:17 AM PST
by
ctdonath2
To: blam
cross index: lost civilization theory
To: blam
Ping me if you comment on this thread. I'd like to read what you have to say.
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posted on
11/05/2001 9:18:53 AM PST
by
JudyB1938
To: dead; Mr. Bird
Here's to seeing a series of gaint craters, "coming soon to a city near them..."
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posted on
11/05/2001 9:24:10 AM PST
by
LTCJ
To: gnarledmaw; JudyB1938; RightWhale; sawsalimb
"cross index: lost civilization theory." About all I can add (quickly) to the discussion is that there was a severe worldwide 'tree ring' incident at 2354BC. This could have been part of a swarm? If not a swarm, it must have been pretty big event to affect the trees worldwide. (I'll see if I can find other things that may connect, later)
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posted on
11/05/2001 9:59:18 AM PST
by
blam
To: gnarledmaw; JudyB1938; RightWhale; sawsalimb
....also, wasn't it around 2300BC that it was recorded that the Egyptians were so famished that they began to eat their children/babies? I think so. And, this is also the 'Ussher date' for Noah's Flood. (Nap time)
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posted on
11/05/2001 10:05:15 AM PST
by
blam
To: ctdonath2
Here's a satellite image from the
Telegraph's article:
satellite images of southern Iraq have revealed a two-mile-wide impact crater caused by a meteor
To: blam
"James Ussher" James Ussher Portrait of James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, Church of Ireland James Ussher (1580-1655), was one of the greatest scholars and theologians of his time. In his enduring search for knowledge he travelled widely in Britain and Europe http://star.arm.ac.uk/history/ussher.html
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posted on
11/05/2001 10:09:03 AM PST
by
blam
To: grimalkin
"satellite images of southern Iraq have revealed a two-mile-wide impact crater caused by a meteor" This is twice as big as Meteor Crater in the western US.
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posted on
11/05/2001 10:10:42 AM PST
by
blam
To: 2sheep; Prodigal Daughter; Jeremiah Jr
FYI
To: dead
Both the Akkadians, in whose dynasty this event allegedly took place, and the Sumerians, who ruled shortly after the Akkadians, were highly literate. This raises the question, "Where is the written record for this sort of event?"
The demise of the Akkadians is generally attributed to Gutian hordes, while the demise of the Sumerians who followed is attributed to over-irrigation causing excess salinity in the soil.
To: grimalkin
Neat!
To: blam
it must have been pretty big event to affect the trees worldwide The Barringer Crater was created what, 50,000 years ago, and it's still in pretty good shape. It hit dry land, so erosion would be less than one that hit a marshy area.
Did they give the age of this Basra crater? They mentioned 4000 years, but was that the determined age of the crater?
To: RightWhale
Did they give the age of this Basra crater? They mentioned 4000 years, but was that the determined age of the crater?This longer article at the Telegraph mentions this:
The crater also appears to be, in geological terms, very recent. Dr Master said: "The sediments in this region are very young, so whatever caused the crater-like structure, it must have happened within the past 6,000 years."
Reporting his finding in the latest issue of the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Dr Master suggests that a recent meteor impact is the most plausible explanation for the structure.
A survey of the crater itself could reveal tell-tale melted rock. "If we could find fragments of impact glass, we could date them using radioactive dating techniques," he said.
Yet another reason to topple Saddam's regime - so we can send in the archaeologists!
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posted on
11/05/2001 11:28:39 AM PST
by
jennyp
To: blam
"The discovery of the crater has sparked great interest among scientists. Dr Benny Peiser, who lectures on the effects of meteor impacts at John Moores University, Liverpool, said it was one of the most significant discoveries in recent years and would corroborate research he and others have done. He said that craters recently found in Argentina date from around the same period - suggesting that the Earth may have been hit by a shower of large meteors at about the same time. Ah ha. Maybe a meteor shower.
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posted on
11/05/2001 12:16:13 PM PST
by
blam
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