[meteorite-list] Peru's Geological Institute: Crater WhereMeteorite Landed is to Disappear in 2 Months

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 01:58:37 -0500
Message-ID: <034e01c8058a$d4880990$b92ee146_at_ATARIENGINE>

Apparently Director Nu?ez del Prado does not believe
in PUMPS. It would seem that, in Peru, geologists are
not familiar with digging holes. (How do they mine there
without digging holes?) They will "retrieve the meteorite"
without any "attempt to extract the water from the crater."
They will use scuba divers?

Well, in a few months time, the crater will be gone,
everybody will stop pestering them, and the Geological,
Mining and Metallurgical Institute can go back to its siesta!

Or perhaps, he too is a victim of journalistic "understanding"?


Sterling K. Webb
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Peru's Geological Institute: Crater WhereMeteorite
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http://www.livinginperu.com/news-4827-environmentnature-perus-geological-institute-crater-where-meteorite-landed-is-disappear-2-months

(LIP-ir) -- Peru's Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Institute
(INGEMMET)
announced today that the crater left by the meteorite that landed in a small
town in Puno, Peru would disappear in two or three months.

Experts estiamted that the crater would be gone within this time because of
the
accumulation of dirt and water in the hole itself. They stated that the
accumulation would be due to the rainy season this region of Peru is
experiencing.

Director of Geology for Peru?s INGEMMET, Hernando Nu?ez del Prado, stated
that
the roof which was to be built could keep the crater safe from the intense
rain.
He stated that the rain would increase the river's activity, thus causing it
to
directly affect the crater.

"There will be no evidence that a meteorite had landed there," said Nu?ez
del
Prado. The specialist said he was sorry because he knew that locals wanted
the
crater to be a tourist attraction.

Nu?ez del Prado requested that no unauthorized person get close to the area
where the meteorite had landed. He explained that the next two months should
be
dedicated to a serious investigation and a scientific study of the area.

After thesestudies are done, the specialist stated that scientists would
search
for and retrieve the meteorite which is several meters below the earth. In
addition, he explained that an attempt to extract the water from the crater
would not be made because it would be impossible. He stated that the earth
was
saturated with water and the crater would always be full.
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