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From: "Ted Molczan" <ssl3molcz@No-Spam>
To: <seesat-l@No-Spam>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 4:16 PM
Subject: OT: Google unearths rare meteorite crater
> News of a neat discovery:
>
> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/03/25/1206207065556.html
>
> "Arthur Hickman's discovery on Google Earth of what is almost certainly a
> rare
> meteorite impact crater in remote Western Australia has earned him both
> bragging
> and naming rights.
>
> Measuring 260 metres wide and up to 30 metres deep, the divot is thought
> to be
> between 10,000 and 100,000 years old and was stumbled upon in the rich,
> rust
> coloured landscape of the Hamersley Ranges in Western Australia's Pilbara
> region."
>
> Here is a link to the crater:
>
> http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=-23.037130556,119.68305&spn=0.002839
> ,0.003616
>
> Ted Molczan
>
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