[meteorite-list] Aircraft LIDAR -Lasers Uncover Craters- Whitecourt, CA

[drtanuki]

Dear List Members,
  A friend sent me a link to this article.  Interesting article!  
Best Regards, Dirk Ross... Tokyo

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/1201/2?etoc

Lasers Uncover Craters
By Phil Berardelli
ScienceNOW Daily News
1 December 2008

Researchers have uncovered a pond-sized crater in the woods of central Alberta, Canada, carved out by a meteor that slammed into Earth about 1100 years ago. The technique they used to pinpoint the pit--a laser take on radar--figures to help scientists find evidence of hundreds of similar impacts that have remained hidden until now. ... 

(con`t...see link for whole article).