Pothead discovers worlds largest impact crater

[bigfatpothead]

I have sent this information to the USGS and they forwarded it to their

Astrogeology dept.

 

I was browsing google earth and found that a very large object hit the US and scraped along the surface before

Exploding in alabama and showering the midwest with huge rocks that left craters all over texas and arkansas.

Most of these craters have taken the form of small ponds.

 

The impact point is a hundred miles or so south east of huntsville Al.

And there is a huge impact crater that goes through 3 states.

The thing was so huge that it carved out the Appalachian mountains.

You can zoom in on them and see the serated edges of the object

Where it rolled and scraped the land.

Here are some images I put on my site

 

http://www.bigfatpothead.com/earth/1.jpg

http://www.bigfatpothead.com/earth/2.jpg

http://www.bigfatpothead.com/earth/3.jpg

http://www.bigfatpothead.com/earth/4.jpg

 

Thanks

Ronnie Smith

[Moontanman]

I have sent this information to the USGS and they forwarded it to their

Astrogeology dept.

 

I was browsing google earth and found that a very large object hit the US and scraped along the surface before

Exploding in alabama and showering the midwest with huge rocks that left craters all over texas and arkansas.

Most of these craters have taken the form of small ponds.

 

The impact point is a hundred miles or so south east of huntsville Al.

And there is a huge impact crater that goes through 3 states.

The thing was so huge that it carved out the Appalachian mountains.

You can zoom in on them and see the serated edges of the object

Where it rolled and scraped the land.

Here are some images I put on my site

 

http://www.bigfatpothead.com/earth/1.jpg

http://www.bigfatpothead.com/earth/2.jpg

http://www.bigfatpothead.com/earth/3.jpg

http://www.bigfatpothead.com/earth/4.jpg

 

Thanks

Ronnie Smith

 

Way cool BFPH, Look's like a big crater:doh: has the USGS said anything about this? Is it photoshopped? Really a wild picture but I'm not sure it is a real artifact. Have you checked pictures from other high altitude sources?

[Ahmabeliever]

I'm looking at exact same thing on Google Earth right now.

 

Nice! That thing is so big it's in 4 states at once.

 

What else but a meteor would do that to the landscape - volcano :confused:

 

How big is a meteor in comparison to it's crater?

 

If it's a hoax it's pretty clever putting it on Google Earth.

[Thunderbird]

Its not a crater, craters are round concave depressions, this looks more like lineaments and deformations due to mountain building process. Meteors do not leave skid marks, except in movies.

[Tolouse]

maybe over time, it became to look like skid marks

 

but it could have been corrosion that made it look like that

[bigfatpothead]

Really, and what type of corrosive makes mountains?

 

I don't think this is a direct impact, I think it came in at an angle.

 

let me hear you explain the craters all over texas, arkansas, and Oklahoma.

 

also if you look at the city of Marshall Alabama, you can see it is the center.

 

by the way you said "mountain forming process" what is this process?

 

 

 

 

 

maybe over time, it became to look like skid marks

 

but it could have been corrosion that made it look like that

[Turtle]

This sounds/looks like part of the Carolina Bays formation. :weather_snowing: Here's a start for you on that with a thread here at Hypography. >> http://hypography.com/forums/earth-science/12526-carolina-bays.html

 

Here at Hypog we have several threads and lots of links on Earth impacts. :smart:

 

http://hypography.com/forums/environmental-studies/11540-space-rock-impact-site-s.html

 

http://hypography.com/forums/astronomy-cosmology/9072-craters-earth-other-planets.html

 

Especially good!! >> http://hypography.com/forums/environmental-studies/11800-mammoth-comet-extinction.html

[LaurieAG]

I don't think this is a direct impact, I think it came in at an angle.

 

Could it have bounced? For a rough idea look for any other objects/holes/lakes that follow the ratio 7:2 (South:West) of possible craters if the object angles in from the North (North:East if coming from the South etc).

[Moontanman]

Could it have bounced? For a rough idea look for any other objects/holes/lakes that follow the ratio 7:2 (South:West) of possible craters if the object angles in from the North (North:East if coming from the South etc).

 

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:eek_big: That would have a sight to see, maybe from the vantage point of the moon:hihi:

[bigfatpothead]

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.

 

 

 

Could it have bounced? For a rough idea look for any other objects/holes/lakes that follow the ratio 7:2 (South:West) of possible craters if the object angles in from the North (North:East if coming from the South etc).

[Moontanman]

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?:hyper: don't fear teh reaper, don't fear the reaper....:esmoking: 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.

[LaurieAG]

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:eek_big: That would have a sight to see, maybe from the vantage point of the moon:hihi:

 

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.

[bigfatpothead]

OH Reaper

 

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

 

 

bigfatpothead.com

 

 

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?:hyper: don't fear teh reaper, don't fear the reaper....:esmoking: 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.

[Thunderbird]

Really, and what type of corrosive makes mountains?

I believe the word is erosion. They do not make mountains.

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

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

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

by the way you said "mountain forming process" what is this process?

 

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...

[Hill]

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.

[bigfatpothead]

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

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

Hold on a sec let me hits this.....................................whewww.....Ok now I see it.

[Moontanman]

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.