Google Earth Can Make You Famous
Thursday, 27th March 2008 by Alex Turnbull
A geologist with the Geological Survey of Western Australia, Dr. Arthur Hickman, was using Google Earth to look for iron ore when he noticed an unusually circular structure within the landscape. After a visit by a colleague this huge dent was confirmed to be a previously undiscovered meteorite crater!
This particularly well preserved crater is some 270 metres across, and despite Mr Hickman's employers having mapped the area around 20 years ago, until this point had been completely overlooked. Not surprising then that it was named "The Hickman Crater".
Which all goes to show that there really are still things to be discovered out there, and all you have to do is start exploring in Google Earth! Just make sure you pay close attention to any unusual landforms...
Read the whole story at theage.com.au.
Thanks to Peter.
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I wonder if this is a crater too, if so and if it’s not previously discovered, I claim it! https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=h&hl=en&ll=-23.244777,119.820435&z=17 here is a huge hole in the grund https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=h&hl=en&ll=-23.367629,119.672012&z=14
He might have found a crater, but I found a treasure! X marks the spot.
Fascinating landscape over there by the way. Weird colors. And looooooong trains too.
I was wondering what this the dark, long line running from the northeast to the southwest was? https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=h&hl=en&ll=-21.725059,119.450226&z=10
My initial thought was fault line. https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=h&hl=en&ll=-21.489751,119.515607&z=16
So I checked it out on Google Earth and put the vertical exagerration on 3, and it turns out its a slight ridge line and it is about 43 miles/ 69 km long.
Anyone know if it has a name? If not I call it Nova Ridge.