Space rock impact site(s)

[Turtle]

I may have found an impact site in Mexico! Go to

28º 18' 51.14" N
107º 55' 01.07" W

I have read that a number of new impact sites were found by using Google Earth, which is what I used. Have a look and see what you think. It is in any case, an unusual geologic formation.

The closest note on the map is a place called Cerro la Cuevita; is that 'hill with a cave"?

[orbsycli]

I'm going to download google Earth right now on this laptop and check it out.
I love that program! I know nothing of impact sites but I want to see it nonetheless.

boom

[freeztar]

WOW! That place looks really weird. What's going on there?
But wait...
That's China...

Let's see...

This seems to work:
28.3142056, -107.91696389

I have actually been there (well, close enough, I went to Basaseachi Falls [28.168, -108.219] and camped several miles to the east of the falls. The geology around there is astounding including great examples of karst topography. I'll try to dig up some pictures from the trip (a year ago). From what I know from ground level of this area, I would not suspect an impact zone, but rather a peculiar geography. That being said, I have not seen other examples of google-earth-detected impact zones.

I suppose a geological survey would be necessary to determine the abundance/lack of interstellar evidence.

It is very impact-looking eh?

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by orbsycli

I'm going to download google Earth right now on this laptop and check it out.
I love that program! I know nothing of impact sites but I want to see it nonetheless.

boom

Bam! Ssssswwwweeeett! You'll love it Orby. Orby explores the Mother Orb. Other map resources with satllite views may have it as well.

Originally Posted by freez sucka

Let's see...

This seems to work:
28.3142056, -107.91696389

I have actually been there (well, close enough, I went to Basaseachi Falls [28.168, -108.219] and camped several miles to the east of the falls. The geology around there is astounding including great examples of karst topography. I'll try to dig up some pictures from the trip (a year ago). From what I know from ground level of this area, I would not suspect an impact zone, but rather a peculiar geography. That being said, I have not seen other examples of google-earth-detected impact zones.

I suppose a geological survey would be necessary to determine the abundance/lack of interstellar evidence.

It is very impact-looking eh?

Yes very strange in the roundness & especially looking at the surrounding terrain. I could see finding a circular sink in a karst terrain, but the interior looks a little jumbled for that and it's pretty big. I'll get some measurements from the map, while you scan your archive. I love this stuff!

Here's info on impacts found with Google. >> Astroseti.org : How to discover asteroid impacts

Here's a thread where we discussed impacts in general. >>Craters on Earth and the other Planets

I think to pin this down further we ought to check the data base of known impact sites.
Earth Impact Database

Boom! Bam! Pow!

Post script: The formation is about 8 miles across at the shortest and 9 miles at the widest. Except for the dinosaur killer off Yucatan, the data base has no reported impacts located in Mexico. Google Earth Community has no marks for my discovery location either. Here's the screenshot from Google Earth. (click image to enlarge)

[freeztar]

I must correct an error on my part. This area does not include karst topography, but rather, relatively recent volcanic activity [http://www.mexicohorse.com/Geology.htm].

It looks like an impact site should look, but what other factors may cause this?
Could it be a volcanic collapse that became dormant?

[Cedars]

You might want to cross check with this site:
EarthNow! Landsat Image Viewer

Bummer is, you have no control over what you view. There is a similar feature just west of the one you spotted, that shows up on landsat. When I ran the google earth pointer over it, it appears to be a flattened mountain top. Also, south and a bit east of Big Bend (google earth) 28.28 N 102.48W is a feature that may be a very old, and very large erroded mountain.

[Cedars]

I dont think I would have thought of scouring a burn area for meteor debris but it seems to hold potential.

"Those rocks are now believed to be ash and debris from an enormous meteorite, that crashed 700 miles away in Sudbury, Ontario, 1.8 billion years ago. Never according to the U of M geologists has this type debris been found so far away from the Sudbury impact site."

Article here:
http://www.kare11.com/news/news_arti...storyid=254846

Just incase the link gets moved soon, the title is "
Gunflint trail fire yields geological treasure "

[Chacmool]

Originally Posted by Turtle

I may have found an impact site in Mexico! Go to

28º 18' 51.14" N
107º 55' 01.07" W

I have read that a number of new impact sites were found by using Google Earth, which is what I used. Have a look and see what you think. It is in any case, an unusual geologic formation.

The closest note on the map is a place called Cerro la Cuevita; is that 'hill with a cave"?

Mighty interesting. Well spotted, dearest Turtle!

I would translate "Cerro la Cuevita" as "Little Cave Hill".

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by Chacmool

Mighty interesting. Well spotted, dearest Turtle!

I would translate "Cerro la Cuevita" as "Little Cave Hill".

Bueno! Gracias señorita. I have done some more looking and have found no hard info, but the crater is on the ring of fire and so may be volcanic. Even so, it would have been a HUGE eruption. At nearly 8 1/2 miles across, this feature is larger than crater lake which formed when Mt. Mazama erupted in Oregon 7,000 years ago. Crater Lake, Oregon

I'll keep doggin' it.

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by Turtle

Bueno! Gracias señorita. I have done some more looking and have found no hard info, but the crater is on the ring of fire and so may be volcanic. Even so, it would have been a HUGE eruption. At nearly 8 1/2 miles across, this feature is larger than crater lake which formed when Mt. Mazama erupted in Oregon 7,000 years ago. Crater Lake, Oregon

I'll keep doggin' it.

I did some searching and found some sites listing volcanos in Mexico. The feature I spotted is nowhere near any of them. Here's what I found. >>

CVO Website - Major Volcanoes of Mexico - Map

Mexico

Slow & steady wins the race. >>