[meteorite-list] Rediculous Crater Question

[CalSouth1 at aol.com]

It seems that it is hard for most to pick up the feature I spotted on the 
NOAA satellite weather animations.  

I guess I have been looking at these satellite pictures since the 70's when I 
worked at Goldstone and Goddard.  So I must be seeing something else.  One 
has to check it at several times a day for over a week to get a chance of seeing 
the feature in all its glory.

Anyway I found a decent geographical relief map and lo and behold my crater 
feature was moved East about 400 mi.  It appears the States grid on the NOAA 
map is off by that much.

Received a reply from a USGS researcher who spotted another smaller crater 
feature next to ShipRock NMex.  His was much better formed and it sure looks 
like a crater to me.  But then I am just a hobbiest.  

Anyway on the relief map my two large features become more complicated and 
one might have to stretch it a few to come to any conclusions....However both 
features show to me  and there is even the upwelling in the center of the larger 
circle.  I guess the only way to make sure is to check the mountain ring 
looking for shocked quartz.   

But as the Geographer put it, "I have not identified anything definitive 
about this area and whether there is meteorite or volcanic activity that would 
have caused a crater here.  However, your hypothesis is a worthy one, but would 
have to be tested."

And so I have something to do now if I ever get to travel to NMex and check 
these features out.

Thanks for your comments, I appreciate it.

John