oh was it the japanese terrorists letting off a nuke?
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On the night of 28 May 1993 a mysterious seismic disturbance was detected in Western Australia and found to have emanated from south of Banjawarn.
The event sent shock waves through hundreds of miles of desert but was witnessed only by a few long-distance truck drivers and gold prospectors. They reported seeing a fireball in the sky and hearing a protracted low-frequency sound. The cause of the event remained a mystery, however.
A meteor impact would have left a large crater, perhaps 300 yards (270 m) across, none of which was found. A mine explosion was unlikely, as it was 170 times more powerful than the largest explosion known in Australia up to that time. The Urban Geoscience Division of the Australian Geological Survey Organisation determined that the seismic traces of the event "showed similar characteristics consistent with typical seismic activity for Western Australia," and that the event was most likely an earthquake.[8]
However a bolide, or air burst, caused by a stony asteroid of up to some tens of meters in diameter, would not have reached the surface but likely would have exploded in the atmosphere, creating a large shock wave but not an impact crater. This option, the possibility of which was driven home by the widely observed February 2013 Russian meteor event, would have led to measurements and observations that are entirely consistent with data and eyewitness reports, far more so than a seismic disturbance, which would be difficult to reconcile with fireball sightings.
Following the revelation that Banjawarn was owned by the Aum there was speculation that this event was the result of a test explosion of a nuclear device they had built. It was known that Aum were interested in developing nuclear as well as chemical weapons, as they had recruited two nuclear engineers from the former Soviet Union and had been mining uranium. This was reported in 1997 in the New York Times. However, the AFP investigation found no evidence of this or of any equipment that might indicate such research.
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The event sent shock waves through hundreds of miles of desert but was witnessed only by a few long-distance truck drivers and gold prospectors. They reported seeing a fireball in the sky and hearing a protracted low-frequency sound. The cause of the event remained a mystery, however.
A meteor impact would have left a large crater, perhaps 300 yards (270 m) across, none of which was found. A mine explosion was unlikely, as it was 170 times more powerful than the largest explosion known in Australia up to that time. The Urban Geoscience Division of the Australian Geological Survey Organisation determined that the seismic traces of the event "showed similar characteristics consistent with typical seismic activity for Western Australia," and that the event was most likely an earthquake.[8]
However a bolide, or air burst, caused by a stony asteroid of up to some tens of meters in diameter, would not have reached the surface but likely would have exploded in the atmosphere, creating a large shock wave but not an impact crater. This option, the possibility of which was driven home by the widely observed February 2013 Russian meteor event, would have led to measurements and observations that are entirely consistent with data and eyewitness reports, far more so than a seismic disturbance, which would be difficult to reconcile with fireball sightings.
Following the revelation that Banjawarn was owned by the Aum there was speculation that this event was the result of a test explosion of a nuclear device they had built. It was known that Aum were interested in developing nuclear as well as chemical weapons, as they had recruited two nuclear engineers from the former Soviet Union and had been mining uranium. This was reported in 1997 in the New York Times. However, the AFP investigation found no evidence of this or of any equipment that might indicate such research.
your go RR
Cool. Pulled that one from the old memory banks. It was covered in Bryson's book.
Ok so who was the first Englishman to see Australia?
Ok so who was the first Englishman to see Australia?
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On 1 May 1622, the Tryall, a British East India Company owned East Indiaman of approximately 500 tons, under the command of John Brooke, sighted the coastline of Western Australia at Point Cloates, although they mistook it for Barrow Island. They did not land there, and a few weeks later were shipwrecked on an uncharted reef northwest of the Montebello Islands; the reef is now known as Tryal Rocks. The shipwreck caused the death of 93 men, but the captain and nine men escaped, and made their way to Batavia by longboat, and later back to England. This was the first known shipwreck in Australian waters, and it was this wreck that William Dampier came looking for in 1688 (he was not even born when the shipwreck occurred).
Captain Brooke it is.
The story I read had him leaving the 93 to die while he and 45 others took the long boat and skiff to escape.
He was told to keep away from Australia, (New Holland) so he lied about where the ship was wrecked.
That is why it wasn't found until 1969.
Your question mando
The story I read had him leaving the 93 to die while he and 45 others took the long boat and skiff to escape.
He was told to keep away from Australia, (New Holland) so he lied about where the ship was wrecked.
That is why it wasn't found until 1969.
Your question mando
Too easy
1880 - Australian Bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol
1918 Remembrance Day. End of the great war.
1975 The Dismissal of the Whitlam Government
1880 - Australian Bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol
1918 Remembrance Day. End of the great war.
1975 The Dismissal of the Whitlam Government
I knew the first 2 without looking it up.
This one will do ya head in. I expect no one to get this
The world's oceans rose about 100 metres thousands of years ago.
According to "The Law" how was the rising water stopped forming the Great Australian Bright?
Good luck
This one will do ya head in. I expect no one to get this
The world's oceans rose about 100 metres thousands of years ago.
According to "The Law" how was the rising water stopped forming the Great Australian Bright?
Good luck
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Go to the post you are talking about and hit the 'quote' button. It will put the text from that post here as I have done with your's.
Rod
antarticas current and limestone deposition
No Duck
tectonic uplift or Orogeny
Not it BC?
The key part of the question is ... according to "The Law"
The key part of the question is ... according to "The Law"
A long long time ago, a huge meteorite hurtled towards the earth from the northward sky, and smashed into the ground near Eucla. Because it was so big, a dent appeared in the crust of the earth and the meteorite bounced high into the air and out into the Great Australian Bight where it landed with an enormous sizzling splash. It was hot from its trip through space so it gave off a great deal of steam and gas as it sank through the waves. But this was no ordinary meteorite. It fact, it was the spirit Tjugud. In the deep water near by, the spirit woman Tjuguda lay asleep. All the noise around her woke her up and she was very angry. She bellowed and the elements roared with her. The wind blew, the rain pelted from the sky and the dust swirled.
or the whale from the milky way
Getting closer Duck, but no
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