[meteorite-list] Aircraft LIDAR -Lasers Uncover Craters- Whitecourt, CA

From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:48:26 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <523151.28179.qm_at_web53206.mail.re2.yahoo.com>

Dear List Members,
  A friend sent me a link to this article. Interesting article!
Best Regards, Dirk Ross... Tokyo

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/1201/2?etoc

Lasers Uncover Craters
By Phil Berardelli
ScienceNOW Daily News
1 December 2008

Researchers have uncovered a pond-sized crater in the woods of central Alberta, Canada, carved out by a meteor that slammed into Earth about 1100 years ago. The technique they used to pinpoint the pit--a laser take on radar--figures to help scientists find evidence of hundreds of similar impacts that have remained hidden until now. ...

(con`t...see link for whole article).
Received on Mon 22 Dec 2008 04:48:26 AM PST