What is this

[nuevo]

can you tell me?
Seems to be a crater or something else?

Greetings from Hamburg
Nuevo

[araT]

From what I can tell its either a very old volcano, or a very old meteor impact.. so either way, you are right.. it *is* a crater..

The reason I say it is VERY old is because a river has formed in it, and nature seems to have taken over again.. (eg; trees/forest) I also cant find any information on the location in either wikipedia or google..

nice to see a fellow German around :)

T.

[hypeserver]

looks like the top of a mountain or like the previous post said like an old meteor impact.

[Arctic]

In the beginning of the 20th century a meteor hit Sibiria.
I don't know exactly where it was but this could possibly be the place.

Greets from Düsseldorf

[hypeserver]

wow artic shure knows history lol.

[araT]

In the beginning of the 20th century a meteor hit Sibiria.
I don't know exactly where it was but this could possibly be the place.

Greets from Düsseldorf

Tunguska happened in Siberia in 1908..
i have attached a placemark with the location of the Tunguska site, its a lot more southern that the "crater" we are investigating up on the north coast :)

T.

[hypeserver]

wow I guess some people actually "do" pay attention in history class........

[araT]

unfortunatley not ;) I live in Australia, the only history we learn here is about captain cook & the aboriginies.. :mad: my folks even put me into an expensive private high-school hoping that they would have a wider range of knowledge - no difference. its all about anzac day & capt. cook.. but im a very curious person, so i tend to spend a lot of time at the computer, or with a book; reading... I've learnt more about geography from google earth than any teacher could ever hammer into me... I'm now in my 3rd year out of school / university and i couldnt be happier & more willing to learn :)

T.

[punk_sandwich]

This is Gora Konder crater in Yakutsk.
According to NASA:
Title: Gora Konder Crater, Yakutsk, CIS
Description:
Gora Konder Crater, Yakutsk, CIS (57.5N,134.5E) is located in a very remote
region of the Republic of Yakutsk, CIS where little ground survey work has
been done. It is not known for certain wether Gora Konder crater is the
extinct caldera of an ancient volcano or an impact crater from a meteor
strike since both occurrences may often exhibit similar visual appearances
and only a ground survey can make a positive determination.

Info available at http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/html/STS39.htm (search for Gora Konder)

Found it by paying attention in my geography classes at school......no, just kidding. Googled the name of the mountain range (Gora Golets-Oblachnyy) some 20 miles to the west and found some NASA pix.

Cheers, Mic

[araT]

This is Gora Konder crater in Yakutsk.
According to NASA:
Title: Gora Konder Crater, Yakutsk, CIS
Description:
Gora Konder Crater, Yakutsk, CIS (57.5N,134.5E) is located in a very remote
region of the Republic of Yakutsk, CIS where little ground survey work has
been done. It is not known for certain wether Gora Konder crater is the
extinct caldera of an ancient volcano or an impact crater from a meteor
strike since both occurrences may often exhibit similar visual appearances
and only a ground survey can make a positive determination.

Info available at http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/html/STS39.htm (search for Gora Konder)

Found it by paying attention in my geography classes at school......no, just kidding. Googled the name of the mountain range (Gora Golets-Oblachnyy) some 20 miles to the west and found some NASA pix.

Cheers, Mic


Hey! that sounds like a jazzed up version of what i said! im a genius ;)

T.

[casp]

I've also found somthing I couldn't explain.

a white thing near baikal sea in russia.

I think it is a mistake, happend while scanning or something like that.

[punk_sandwich]

Hi,
hate to be a smartass but a quick forum search for "Baikal" reveals that this has been the topic of two threads already. .(http://www.googleearthhacks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=326)

Cheers, Mic

[casp]

sorry, that i didn't search for it before i have posting.

but,.. its only a posting,.. not a new thread :P

[lrolim]

Tunguska happened in Siberia in 1908..
i have attached a placemark with the location of the Tunguska site, its a lot more southern that the "crater" we are investigating up on the north coast :)

T.

In tunguska the meteor disintegrated at 10 or more km above ground kiling all below in a fire blaze an smal rocks bombardment. Dindt cause a crater, just miles and miles of trees layd down by the shockwave...

[GEH4EVR]

It could be a mine and a lot of those dots could be trucks.

[minel72]

here another view:

http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/images/ISD/lowres/STS41G/STS41G-35-43.JPG



http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=STS41G&roll=35&frame=43

by minel