Lets hope it is global crisis that we recognize and that we can do something about it! I suspect the challenge will be getting the world to recognize a looming crisis. --- ilove2getspam@gmail.com wrote: From: "Ilove2getSpam@gmail.com" <ilove2getspam@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] More on Upheaval Dome Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:11:12 -0500 I believe a global crisis of a certain immediacy would better unite the world. I can only hope anyway! I'm still waiting for the aliens to arrive so that we can better understand our place in the universe and, hence, forget about the silly problems that result in things like war and genocide. Instead, we will learn to focus on problems that would not and should not exist in our day and age, like world hunger, if it weren't for politics and greed. -Rich On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:48 PM, <zaurak@digis.net> wrote:
No, todays monitoring is not enough, although Patrick tries to help. The question is would advanced warning help us or create world wide panic? Perhaps it is something best left to fate. Much like all of mankinds individual mortality.
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It's nothing that those on this board haven't thought about but, the chances of a cataclysmic collision occurring in our lifetime is a reality. It is a scary reality! I wonder, is the monitoring of near earth objects as comprehensive as it needs to be? Do we have automated monitors or are we depending on human observation?
Just think, this picture was most likely the result of a deflection not an impact...
[image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Tunguska.png] *Tunguska Event - June 30, 1908*
*June 30, 2008:* The year is 1908, and it's just after seven in the morning. A man is sitting on the front porch of a trading post at Vanavara in Siberia. Little does he know, in a few moments, he will be hurled from his chair and the heat will be so intense he will feel as though his shirt is on fire.
That's how the Tunguska event felt *40 miles* from ground zero.
Today, June 30, 2008, is the 100th anniversary of that ferocious impact near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in remote Siberia--and after 100 years, scientists are still talking about it. -Rich
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 12:13 PM, <zaurak@digis.net> wrote:
Has the park service accepted the impact crater explanation? Do they still talk about the "salt" theory? Anyway lets hope future impact craters happen far from where we live.
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Even still, the hypothesis was controversial. I'm still not sure if the controversy has been truly eliminated. I'll leave that to the educated folks on this list to determine!
-Rich
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Not to take away anything from Kurt's work, but the Observer's Handbook has for years listed the most significant impact craters in North America and Upheaval Dome has been on there for a while. A table lists latitude, longitude, approximate age, surface expression, and visible geologic features. A simplified map shows approximate location. The governor and general public can be excused, but I'm surprised that it doesn't seem to be more common knowledge among those in the hobby.
From comments I've read on the list lately, I get the impression that few amateurs take advantage of the Observer's Handbook every year.
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