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Arabia |
The "Empty Quarter", a hint of things to come? |
2006-01-18 |
Suddenly, your attention is caught by a bright light above the darkening horizon...Within a few seconds it has become a searing flash. Your clothes burst into flames...followed a moment later by a deafening crack. The ground heaves, and a blast wave flings you forward... A fiery mushroom cloud drifts over you now, carried by the southerly breeze, blazing rainbow colors magnificently. As solid rocks become froth and reddish-black molten glass rains down, you too become part of the spectacle-and not in a happy way. This event probably occurred less than 500 years ago. |
Posted by:Whutch Threth6418 |
#4 Is it radioactive, if so what isotope? Irridium means a meteor air-burst as in Tunguska. Any other isotope could be a small nuke, remember humans have been around a whole lot longer than recorded civilization. There's another anomoly in the British Isles, a series of vitrified walls that all face out to sea, as if there was an air-burst out to sea and the walls facing that way melted, no idea if any radioactivity was tested for. |
Posted by: Redneck Jim 2006-01-18 21:32 |
#3 a strange area, half a square kilometer (over 100 acres) in size, covered with black glass, white rock and iron shards. do they need more of these? |
Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-01-18 12:26 |
#2 Very cool article (in a science-geek sort of way). |
Posted by: Mike 2006-01-18 12:14 |
#1 Too bad it wasn't around 5 to 6 hunderd miles to the west. |
Posted by: Cheaderhead 2006-01-18 10:38 |