[meteorite-list] New Crater Found?

[Eric Wichman]

Hi All,

Ok, not "NEW" in geological terms, but new to us maybe... Just 
received an email that and Australian geologist accidentally 
discovered a meteorite crater in western Australia.

"Dr. Hickman, from the Geological Survey of Western Australia sent 
the Google Earth picture to a colleague who was able to confirm that 
it was an undiscovered meteorite crater. The crater is now named 
Hickman crater. The crater is believed to be between 10,000 and 
100,000 years old and is 885 feet across." SOURCE: 
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/03/18/google-earth-leads-geologist-to-meteor-crater

You can also read more here:
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2008/03/australian_geologist_accidentally_d.html

I also found another link from that article. This is probably old 
news but I thought I'd share:

A Huge 19 mile wide Crater in the Sahara:
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/03/huge_crater_dis.html

And Here:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060303_big_crater.html

Cool stuff!

Eric
MW