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The mystery of the Carolina Bays

06/14/05 11:30 AM

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The first aerial photo of Carolina Bays, taken in 1930.
Source: http://abob.libs.uga.edu/bobk/cbaymenu.html

As I was scanning North Carolina, I saw something that brought to mind a term that I haven't heard since I was majoring in geology 40 years ago - Carolina Bays. (An achievment in itself for someone who often can't remember where the car keys are). I typed the phrase into Google, and got multiple hits - it really was the term to describe what I was looking at. One interesting thing about these oriented oval structures is that geologists are still not sure of their origin. Their signifigance wasn't discovered until the 1930's when aerial photography revealed their true nature. I think the strongest hypothesis is that they are of extra-terrestrial origin, caused by a comet nucleus that broke up in the atmosphere, scattering pieces that gouged out depressions which are all oriented in a NW-SE direction. But there are other theories, some plausible, some unlikely. Click the "web page" links to take you to further discussion of the Carolina Bays. web page 1 web page 2 web page 3 web page 4
web page 5
For more information about this and similar phenomena, go to http://www.perigeezero.org

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Orientation of the bays points back to a common point of origin to the northwest.

Edited by Hill (04/13/08 12:29 PM)

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The mystery of the Carolina Bays	Hill	06/14/05 11:30 AM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays (solved?)	bigfatpothead	04/25/08 11:27 PM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays (solved?)	Hill	04/26/08 01:14 PM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays	GElattu	01/23/08 02:41 AM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays	Hill	01/23/08 10:01 AM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays	john2242b	04/13/08 05:04 AM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays	john2242b	05/25/08 04:07 AM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays DELETED	john2242b	04/15/08 06:42 PM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays	Hill	04/15/08 07:20 PM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays	john2242b	01/23/08 05:48 AM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays	dgt	11/14/07 09:34 AM
Data on Bays in Cumberland Co., NC	john2242b	11/14/07 03:37 AM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays	Hill	11/01/07 10:39 AM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays	bluelite	08/28/07 12:01 AM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays	dgt	06/09/07 03:02 PM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays	Hill	08/14/07 02:29 PM
New evidence for meteoric origin	Hill	06/09/07 09:25 AM
Re: New evidence for meteoric origin	Hill	01/22/08 09:52 AM
Bays of Cumberland County, NC	john2242b	01/23/08 05:50 AM
Re: Bays of Cumberland County, NC	Hill	01/23/08 11:02 AM
Re: Bays of Cumberland County, NC	john2242b	02/19/08 06:14 AM
Oriented lakes of the Arctic	Hill	03/15/06 02:49 PM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays	Majoska	03/15/06 02:44 PM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays	Hill	03/15/06 10:56 AM
Oriented lakes of SE Australia	Hill	08/23/05 06:54 PM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays	nimblebooks_kh	06/17/05 11:24 AM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays	Hill	06/14/05 02:04 PM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays	SnakePuncess	11/05/06 08:28 PM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays	Jdbo	06/14/05 01:02 PM
Re: The mystery of the Carolina Bays	DanielGrimes	06/26/07 05:11 PM

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