Noerdlingen Germany (2009 October 22)

[PLozar]

An interesting footnote to the 10/22/09 APOD: Noerdlingen (actually it's Nördlingen) is located in a gigantic meteorite impact crater called the Nördlinger Ries. There's a pretty good Wikipedia article about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%B6rdlinger_Ries
My favorite part: "Stone buildings in Nördlingen contain millions of tiny diamonds, all less than 0.2 millimeter across." What a concept!

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091022.html

[orin stepanek]

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091022.html
I really think today's APOD is a fantastic picture. The photographer did an excellent job of capturing the planets and the moon on a beautiful dawn with the silhouettes of a leafless tree and person to accentuate it. 8)

Orin

[DavidLeodis]

Yes it is a great picture, which is perhaps even better appreciated in the unlabelled version that is brought up when clicking on the picture.

[neufer]

An interesting footnote to the 10/22/09 APOD: Noerdlingen (actually it's Nördlingen) is located in a gigantic meteorite impact crater called the Nördlinger Ries. There's a pretty good Wikipedia article about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%B6rdlinger_Ries

A 24-kilometer crater just 14.5 million years old is rather impressive but there is actually a high (4 km) altitude terrestrial impact crater twice that size that may be just a third of its age. If so, what must early man thought about the global winter caused by Kara-Kul:

<<Kara-Kul lake lies within a circular depression interpreted as a meteorite impact crater with a rim diameter of 45 kilometers. The impact event occurred less than 5 million years ago. The Kara-Kul impact structure remained unidentified until it was discovered though studies of imagery taken from space>>

<<The internationally-known Stone Age settlement of Oshhona (8th century. B.C.), which was a home for seasonal hunters, was discovered here. Near Qaraart village, approximately 1km from the Murghob-Osh highway, at 3,950 m, there is a 1st century architectural complex which combines an observatory with the cult of animals. Qarakul region has a severe climate but it is also beautiful. It is its primitive, untouched nature due to its relative inaccessibility that attracts tourists. >>