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Meteor Impact Site In Northern Minnesota?

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From: Greg Prince
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 18:46
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 DO> seldom visited by anybody.  The crater is 12' across, has water in
 DO> it, and lies in a heavily forested area.  Unlike the surrounding
 DO> forest area, all of the trees near the depression look to be the
 DO> same age.

 DO> My question is this: who should this Minnesotan contact that can
 DO> follow up on this report to see if it is really a meteor impact
 DO> site?  Perhaps there is existing aerial photography of the area that

Has he asked the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota? 
I'd be interested in seeing the site myself, for that matter.  It sounds
interesting.

It'd be interesting though if it is an impact site, because of the previous
glaciation of the area.  Anything that wasn't fairly recent wouldn't still be
there.

greg
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