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Noerdlingen Germany (2009 October 22)
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:00 pm
by 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
Re: Noerdlingen Germany (2009 October 22)
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:46 pm
by 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
Re: Noerdlingen Germany (2009 October 22)
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:41 am
by 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.
Re: Noerdlingen Germany (2009 October 22)
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:46 pm
by neufer
PLozar wrote: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:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara-Kul wrote:
<<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>>
http://tajikistan.orexca.com/karakul_lake.shtml wrote:
<<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. >>