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MOUNT ARARAT REVEALS POSSIBLE IMPACT CRATER
Softpedia.com
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mount-Ararat-Reveals-Possible-Impact-Crater-167303.shtml
Nov 18 2010
A team of experts believes it may have discovered a new impact
crater atop Mount Ararat, the biblical mountain on which Noah's Ark
is believed to have come to rest. The feature may have been produced
millions of years ago.
The discovery was made by two physicists that somehow got access to
a part of the mountain that is closed to the general public. Both
the northern and western slopes have restricted access, imposed
by authorities.
Mount Ararat is located in eastern Turkey, near the borders with
Armenia and Iran. The political situation in the are is unstable,
and this is one of the main reasons for the restrictions.
But the landscape feature has attracted a lot of interest in the past,
due to the fact that this is where the Bible tells us that Noah's
Ark got stuck after the flood. No expeditions to the area have ever
found even the slightest signs that the ship exists.
Despite the restrictions place on the mountain, researcher Vahe
Gurzadyan, who is based at the Yerevan Physics Institute in Armenia,
and Sverre Aarseth, who holds an appointment at the University of
Cambridge in the United Kingdom, managed to investigate the area.
The team reports the discovery of an interesting, well-preserved
crater at an altitude of 2,100 meters above sea levels. The spot is
located at coordinates 39Ë~Z 47' 30"N by 44Ë~Z 14' 40"E, Technology
Review reports.
According to the account, the landscape feature is some 70 meters
across, and is in nearly-perfect shape. Unfortunately, the structure
cannot be observed via Google Earth, since the resolution of images
available for the area is very poor.
The team believes that the crater may have been produced by a space
impact, although they add that volcanic activity has not yet been
ruled out completely as a factor. They add however that glaciers
couldn't have produced the feature.
The researchers published their findings in the online journal arXiv in
order to create interest in the scientific community. They hope other
experts will be interested in studying and classifying the crater.
Such studies are very important because they provide insight into our
planet's history. Crater impacts may allow researchers to understand
Earth's troubled past in more detail.
From: A. Papazian
Softpedia.com
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mount-Ararat-Reveals-Possible-Impact-Crater-167303.shtml
Nov 18 2010
A team of experts believes it may have discovered a new impact
crater atop Mount Ararat, the biblical mountain on which Noah's Ark
is believed to have come to rest. The feature may have been produced
millions of years ago.
The discovery was made by two physicists that somehow got access to
a part of the mountain that is closed to the general public. Both
the northern and western slopes have restricted access, imposed
by authorities.
Mount Ararat is located in eastern Turkey, near the borders with
Armenia and Iran. The political situation in the are is unstable,
and this is one of the main reasons for the restrictions.
But the landscape feature has attracted a lot of interest in the past,
due to the fact that this is where the Bible tells us that Noah's
Ark got stuck after the flood. No expeditions to the area have ever
found even the slightest signs that the ship exists.
Despite the restrictions place on the mountain, researcher Vahe
Gurzadyan, who is based at the Yerevan Physics Institute in Armenia,
and Sverre Aarseth, who holds an appointment at the University of
Cambridge in the United Kingdom, managed to investigate the area.
The team reports the discovery of an interesting, well-preserved
crater at an altitude of 2,100 meters above sea levels. The spot is
located at coordinates 39Ë~Z 47' 30"N by 44Ë~Z 14' 40"E, Technology
Review reports.
According to the account, the landscape feature is some 70 meters
across, and is in nearly-perfect shape. Unfortunately, the structure
cannot be observed via Google Earth, since the resolution of images
available for the area is very poor.
The team believes that the crater may have been produced by a space
impact, although they add that volcanic activity has not yet been
ruled out completely as a factor. They add however that glaciers
couldn't have produced the feature.
The researchers published their findings in the online journal arXiv in
order to create interest in the scientific community. They hope other
experts will be interested in studying and classifying the crater.
Such studies are very important because they provide insight into our
planet's history. Crater impacts may allow researchers to understand
Earth's troubled past in more detail.
From: A. Papazian