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erronis

(18,162 posts)
Sun Nov 24, 2024, 04:13 PM Nov 2024

Man scouring Google Earth found a mysterious scar in the Australian outback. Now we know what caused it

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-scouring-google-earth-mysterious-scar.html



Earlier this year, a caver was poring over satellite images of the Nullarbor Plain when he came across something unexpected: an enormous, mysterious scar etched into the barren landscape.

The find intrigued scientists, including my colleagues and I. Upon closer investigation, we realized the scar was created by a ferocious tornado that no-one knew had occurred. We outline the findings in new research published today.


Guess there were no F0X News yahoos nearby to report on it breathlessly.

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Man scouring Google Earth found a mysterious scar in the Australian outback. Now we know what caused it (Original Post) erronis Nov 2024 OP
Neat. And tornadoes usually don't just come by themselves. I bet that they are other such tracks nearby. SWBTATTReg Nov 2024 #1
I was betting Wilw E. Coyote and the Road Runner. usaf-vet Nov 2024 #2
A 77 year old who sometimes revert to childhood fun. usaf-vet Nov 2024 #3
You kidding? sorcrow Nov 2024 #6
It would have been a more interesting squiggle nilram Nov 2024 #4
That's really cool! 2naSalit Nov 2024 #5
'Created by a ferocious tornado' Mr.Bee Nov 2024 #7
All the FOX yahoos were up here,,, lastlib Nov 2024 #8

SWBTATTReg

(24,963 posts)
1. Neat. And tornadoes usually don't just come by themselves. I bet that they are other such tracks nearby.
Sun Nov 24, 2024, 04:30 PM
Nov 2024

We use such tracks in the US to track exactly where these storms rage, especially in rural areas where there is no one around.

usaf-vet

(7,340 posts)
2. I was betting Wilw E. Coyote and the Road Runner.
Sun Nov 24, 2024, 04:38 PM
Nov 2024

Seriously, congratulations to the scientist who solved the mystery.

nilram

(3,109 posts)
4. It would have been a more interesting squiggle
Sun Nov 24, 2024, 04:53 PM
Nov 2024

if I was in the weather control booth right then.

2naSalit

(95,938 posts)
5. That's really cool!
Sun Nov 24, 2024, 05:12 PM
Nov 2024

And interesting.

I have a rock that is the remnant of a lightning striking the ground a very long time ago.

Mr.Bee

(559 posts)
7. 'Created by a ferocious tornado'
Sun Nov 24, 2024, 07:19 PM
Nov 2024

William Kenneth Hartmann, a Mars imaging scientist from the 1960s to the 2000s, hypothesized that the "canals" were streaks of dust caused by wind on the leeward side of mountains and craters

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