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That is exactly what I think happened. I think it came in at sharp angle and I don't think it had a really great speed. I think it could have even gone back out to space. Is that possible? I am not a physicist, I am a pothead! How do you think I had enough time to find all the tiny craters?

I have a google earth file of the fallout craters, they are all over Texas, Arkansas, Oklohoma, and North Carolina.
http://www.bigfatpothead.com/craters.kmz

download that and put it in your google earth.
Isn't wild how easy it is to concentrate when you're stoned? Like, wow man, did you hear that backwards masking on the Blue Oyster Cult album? don't fear teh reaper, don't fear the reaper.... wrong thread. Ok, wouldn't it have to come in extra fast to avoid hitting the Earth? Do we have the physics right on this or is it totally impossible? I have to admit the pics you refer to are wild.
I really don't know what to make of them.... I really don't. I need more information for sure.
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It would have had to an incredible unusual impact for it to have bounced, not impossible I suppose in the grand theme of things but very improbable. Even a totally iron/nickle body would be distroyed by any imaginable impact. Then again if it was traveling really fast at a very shallow angle.....? I know meteors can skip off the atmosphere.... maybe the crater we see was made by the shockwave of a really big iron nickle body skipping of the atmosphere? WOW That would have a sight to see, maybe from the vantage point of the moon
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I wonder what a large hot metallic meteorite would leave behind if it skipped off the ocean, a cup? In the early 1980's I worked at a large lead/zinc mine whose ore deposit (largest in the southern hemisphere) was around 1km down. About 40 kms away there was another mine with an ore body 1/4 of a km down, and in a straight line with these two mines and along another 5 kms was an open cut copper/lead/zinc mine. Something like this would probably make a big splash, lose a bit of weight, and if it bounced it could come back for another go later on.
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OH Reaper

I thought it said "Don't fear the Reefer"


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Isn't wild how easy it is to concentrate when you're stoned? Like, wow man, did you hear that backwards masking on the Blue Oyster Cult album? don't fear teh reaper, don't fear the reaper.... wrong thread. Ok, wouldn't it have to come in extra fast to avoid hitting the Earth? Do we have the physics right on this or is it totally impossible? I have to admit the pics you refer to are wild.
I really don't know what to make of them.... I really don't. I need more information for sure.
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Really, and what type of corrosive makes mountains?
I believe the word is erosion. They do not make mountains.
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I don't think this is a direct impact, I think it came in at an angle.
even if they come in at an angle, they still make round craters
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let me hear you explain the craters all over texas, arkansas, and Oklahoma.
Their are not to my knowledge visible craters all over Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, and if they are it would be from separate events or an air burst from a comet, not from the scenarios that you described that frankly sound more like cartoon physics rather than geo or astrophysics




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also if you look at the city of Marshall Alabama, you can see it is the center.
Hold on a sec let me hits this.....................................whewww... ..Ok now I see it.


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by the way you said "mountain forming process" what is this process?
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Orgeny, mountain-building event, generally one that occurs in geosynclinal areas. In contrast to epeirogeny, an orogeny tends to occur during a relatively short time in linear belts and results in intensive deformation. Orogeny is usually accompanied by folding and faulting of strata, development of angular unconformities (interruptions in the normal deposition of sedimentary rock), and the deposition...
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Re: Pothead discovers worlds largest impact crater

I just came upon this thread after replying to your hypothesis in the Carolina Bays thread. Rather than duplicate, I'll just post a link >>> http://hypography.com/forums/earth-science/12526-carolina-bays-2.html#post217074

The gist of my response is that your ideas are not supported by the evidence.
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DUDE! Please!

You sound like someone who has not looked at the evidence.
http://www.bigfatpothead.com/craters.kmz

that link is my places file from google earth.
if you will take a minute to install Google earth and load my file, then after you have examined the evidence, I would appreciate any critical comments.

As far as this object that I believe hit the earth, I think it was "Freakin' HUGE"
I'm talking 18 to 25 miles across. Impact craters that are elongated are very common and they are caused by the angular strike of slower moving objects.

You can see these in the Carolina Bays, which I believe is part of this big event. If you take my theory and look at the path of destruction I call the skid mark, follow it to the center point in Marshall Alabama, then assume this object exploded and threw ejecta into the air. This ejecta will go high in the air then come down and shower an area very heavily with large boulders which leave impact craters of their own. I believe that a lot of Impact craters that have been discovered in the US are actually fallout from the massive strike in Alabama. If you go do a little research with my places file you will become either a believer or not. At least do the research before you jump all over my theory.
Because anyone who looks will find that there are THOUSANDS of craters all over those 3 states.

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I believe the word is erosion. They do not make mountains.
even if they come in at an angle, they still make round craters

Their are not to my knowledge visible craters all over Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, and if they are it would be from separate events or an air burst from a comet, not from the scenarios that you described that frankly sound more like cartoon physics rather than geo or astrophysics




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Hi Moontanman,

I wonder what a large hot metallic meteorite would leave behind if it skipped off the ocean, a cup? In the early 1980's I worked at a large lead/zinc mine whose ore deposit (largest in the southern hemisphere) was around 1km down. About 40 kms away there was another mine with an ore body 1/4 of a km down, and in a straight line with these two mines and along another 5 kms was an open cut copper/lead/zinc mine. Something like this would probably make a big splash, lose a bit of weight, and if it bounced it could come back for another go later on.
I'm not sure if the physics of this will work out, I've seen bullets skip off of water but they are practically standing still compared to meteors. If it did skip off the ocean it would leave one hell of a tsunami wave! Are you suggesting that the lead, copper and zinc are relicts of an impact? Not possible, these metals are not found in quantity in meteors, they are concentrated by geological and biological processes from metal sulfates up welling from the earth.
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DUDE! Please!

You sound like someone who has not looked at the evidence.
http://www.bigfatpothead.com/craters.kmz

that link is my places file from google earth.
if you will take a minute to install Google earth and load my file, then after you have examined the evidence, I would appreciate any critical comments.

As far as this object that I believe hit the earth, I think it was "Freakin' HUGE"
I'm talking 18 to 25 miles across. Impact craters that are elongated are very common and they are caused by the angular strike of slower moving objects.

You can see these in the Carolina Bays, which I believe is part of this big event. If you take my theory and look at the path of destruction I call the skid mark, follow it to the center point in Marshall Alabama, then assume this object exploded and threw ejecta into the air. This ejecta will go high in the air then come down and shower an area very heavily with large boulders which leave impact craters of their own. I believe that a lot of Impact craters that have been discovered in the US are actually fallout from the massive strike in Alabama. If you go do a little research with my places file you will become either a believer or not. At least do the research before you jump all over my theory.
Because anyone who looks will find that there are THOUSANDS of craters all over those 3 states.

Thanks

The huge semi circle on the map you provided is very intriguing. If it's not an artifact of the imaging process then I would like to see it explained but it's age would have to be much older by orders of magnitude than the lakes you are talking about. Not to mention the Carolina bays are orientated in the wrong direction to be made by this crater.
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DUDE! Please!

You sound like someone who has not looked at the evidence.
http://www.bigfatpothead.com/craters.kmz

that link is my places file from google earth.
if you will take a minute to install Google earth and load my file, then after you have examined the evidence, I would appreciate any critical comments.
I have downloaded Google Earth - about 4 years ago when it was Keyhole. I often evaluate potential impact craters and a few have actually been found using GE. I have examined your kmz file evidence and it still marks only one stock pond in NE Texas far to the east of the Carolina Bays. See my initial post in this thread and/or link to the thread in GEC forum for the complete chain of evidence.

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As far as this object that I believe hit the earth, I think it was "Freakin' HUGE"
I'm talking 18 to 25 miles across. Impact craters that are elongated are very common and they are caused by the angular strike of slower moving objects.

You can see these in the Carolina Bays, which I believe is part of this big event. If you take my theory and look at the path of destruction I call the skid mark, follow it to the center point in Marshall Alabama, then assume this object exploded and threw ejecta into the air. This ejecta will go high in the air then come down and shower an area very heavily with large boulders which leave impact craters of their own. I believe that a lot of Impact craters that have been discovered in the US are actually fallout from the massive strike in Alabama. If you go do a little research with my places file you will become either a believer or not. At least do the research before you jump all over my theory.
Because anyone who looks will find that there are THOUSANDS of craters all over those 3 states.

Thanks
The geological evidence to support a massive hit where your screen shots indicate does not hold up. Have you read the links, including the geologic map of Alabama, that I have provided? The light area which you point out as the "Center Point" is lighter colored imagery from Europa Technologies - nothing more.
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Maybe you need to upgrade your google earth, 4 year old versions may not read the file I posted. My file has a ton of impact craters placemarked, not just one. they exist in a pattern that is consistent with an impact in the area I have suggested.

here is what it looks like from way up

http://www.bigfatpothead.com/earth/8.jpg




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I have downloaded Google Earth - about 4 years ago when it was Keyhole. I often evaluate potential impact craters and a few have actually been found using GE. I have examined your kmz file evidence and it still marks only one stock pond in NE Texas far to the east of the Carolina Bays. See my initial post in this thread and/or link to the thread in GEC forum for the complete chain of evidence.



The geological evidence to support a massive hit where your screen shots indicate does not hold up. Have you read the links, including the geologic map of Alabama, that I have provided? The light area which you point out as the "Center Point" is lighter colored imagery from Europa Technologies - nothing more.
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