[meteorite-list] Largest Crater in the Great Sahara Discovered byBoston University Scientists

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Mar 3 16:54:37 2006
Message-ID: <007c01c63f0c$de549380$f551040a_at_bellatrix>

I hope he means the crater is the size of 125,000 football fields. If not,
they must play some wicked football in Egypt!

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Largest Crater in the Great Sahara Discovered
byBoston University Scientists


> "Kebira may have escaped recognition because it is so large - bigger
> than the area of 125 football fields, or the total expanse of the Cairo
> urban region from its airport in the northeast to the Pyramids of Giza
> in the southwest," said Dr. El-Baz.
Received on Fri 03 Mar 2006 04:53:12 PM PST