++Update, this image has recently become quite popular, and I have no idea why. If you have come here after searching for this image please take a minute to tell me why.++
I managed to get a seat on the left side of the plane, without a wing in the way, so I was able to get a shot of the Pingualuit (New Quebec) Crater. This crater is 3.44 km in diameter, about 250m deep and is about 1.4 million years old. You can also see it here on google maps.
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You lucky thing Tom - what a great view of something pretty special. That must have kicked up some dust when it hit - presuming it's an impact crater.
Looks like a good fishing hole for the summer.
Keep the pics coming - cheers
Dad
Wow thats really impressive its great to see pics of all your unusual stuff.
You must have plenty now for a Krone calender!
Hi Tom,
Are you any closer to understanding why the crater has become so poplar?
Maybe it is one of those sites of interest in your neck of the woods. Much like Stonehenge for example in Wiltshire?
The Pingualuit crater became popupar search on my blog after it was featured in the Globe and mail on May 25th follow this link.. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070525.wclimate25/BNStory/Science/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20070525.wclimate25
Hello Tom,
I would like to contact you about your image of Pingualuit crater, to publish it.
Could you contact me at this e-mail : carine.astromag(at)free.fr please ?
Thank you for your answer.
Carine
Hello Tom,
Your image comes up very high on the list if one googles "pingualuit crater."
And I googled that crater name because of an online geography game I have recently begun playing. It is called Traveler IQ Challenge (http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq/game1). Maybe others who are learning the physical geography of northern Canada are getting to your image as I did via Google.
Regardless, it's a great image.
Cheers,
--Tony Thompson (Lexington, KY)
Great shot.
You wanted to know how people were being "driven" to your site. I came via the NASA earth observatory newsletter. They had a photo of the crater --NOTE--their site is down for a while--and I googled and found you. THANKS!
Hey NotableMusic,
Thanks for your comment, it is always interesting to know how people come across my page.
Cheers,
Tom.
Your image is probably popular because a recent study of it sediment has revealed that there have been two separate and recent periods when this area of Quebec was free from any icing, data which climatologist say suggest that Earth's climate cycles periodically from cold to hot and back. The reason this data is so important is because the lake is landlocked with no source of water flowing into it to contaminate the data.
Red
http://ottawa-rasc.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Odale-Articles
http://ottawa-rasc.ca/wiki/index.php?title=Odale-Articles-Pingualuit
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