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Title: Determining location of picture
Post by: Chairboy on March 16, 2008, 11:55:04 PM
Back in November, I flew down the coast to LA, then back via Vegas/Death Valley/Hawthorne, NV/Klamath Falls.  Between Death Valley and Hawthorne, I took a picture of a crater.  I'm trying to figure out where it is, and have a candidate I'd like a second opinion on.

Here's the trip, hand drawn on a map.  This was from memory a couple months afterwards, so it's not exact:
http://tinyurl.com/2wahnj

The picture:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ben.hallert/LongCaliforniaNevadaTrip/photo#5130692888112721938
(the location tag I put into Google Maps there is a guestimate, disregard)

The candidate location is:
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.006391&lon=-117.454147&z=14&l=0&m=a

I think it looks similar.  The picture was taken out my left window so the plane was east of the crater.  I think it was within a half hour of leaving Furnace Creek airport.

Thoughts?
Title: Re: Determining location of picture
Post by: EskimoJoe on March 16, 2008, 11:59:55 PM
Quote from: Chairboy
Thoughts?
Using Electronics whilst in flight may produce hazardous results.
Title: Re: Determining location of picture
Post by: EskimoJoe on March 17, 2008, 12:42:02 AM
*Punt*

The smart people will answer.
Title: Re: Determining location of picture
Post by: MotleyCH on March 17, 2008, 03:04:20 AM
Try downloading Google Earth...you can turn the map,zoom,flip it so it's 3D.

I'm looking at the crater using GE now, it's the big crater, your picture from the plane is facing southwest.

(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/grimsfx/crater.jpg)
Title: Re: Determining location of picture
Post by: MotleyCH on March 17, 2008, 03:12:44 AM
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/grimsfx/Nov2007033.jpg)

Your picture.
Title: Re: Determining location of picture
Post by: Chairboy on March 17, 2008, 07:09:59 AM
Whoa!  That looks like a match alright, thanks!  I was in GE earlier yesterday evening for a different project, for some reason I just never re-opened it for this one.  (forehead slap)

Fantastic!
Title: Re: Determining location of picture
Post by: JB88 on March 17, 2008, 07:42:27 AM
death valley.

it's near the end of the trail that leads to the mud flats if i'm remembering correctly.

Title: Re: Determining location of picture
Post by: wrongwayric on March 17, 2008, 08:10:35 AM
WOW they got some big gophers out there. :D Nice pic. I've got one somewhere of Wake Island that i took when we were being deployed overseas. We were landing in a C130 and i took it out one of the side windows and man is it pretty! Can see the whole island and the reefs plus the runway is clearly seen. All in awesome color!
AKsleepy
Title: Re: Determining location of picture
Post by: red26 on March 17, 2008, 08:20:23 AM
its the big hole from one of the maps in the game LOL :O :aok :salute
Title: Re: Determining location of picture
Post by: Chairboy on March 17, 2008, 08:36:05 AM
Quote from: red26 on March 17, 2008, 08:20:23 AM
its the big hole from one of the maps in the game LOL :O :aok :salute
Is that the shadow of a Rook bomber I see next to the crater, creeping along at 40K with a load of 1,000lb bombs for divebombing an innocent factory/town with?   :lol
Title: Re: Determining location of picture
Post by: Chairboy on March 17, 2008, 08:37:10 AM
Quote from: JB88 on March 17, 2008, 07:42:27 AM
death valley.

it's near the end of the trail that leads to the mud flats if i'm remembering correctly.
Yep, was just trying to figure out WHICH crater in Death Valley.  I remember looking at it and thinking "Hmm, how far are we from the Nevada Test Range again?" while I snapped the pic.  ;)
Title: Re: Determining location of picture
Post by: JB88 on March 17, 2008, 08:41:26 AM
ah. 

there is another crater there that was formed by an impact if i am not mistaken.  looks alot like it.

Title: Re: Determining location of picture
Post by: Sandman on March 17, 2008, 03:14:05 PM
Quote from: Chairboy on March 16, 2008, 11:55:04 PM
Back in November, I flew down the coast to LA, then back via Vegas/Death Valley/Hawthorne, NV/Klamath Falls.  Between Death Valley and Hawthorne, I took a picture of a crater.  I'm trying to figure out where it is, and have a candidate I'd like a second opinion on.

Here's the trip, hand drawn on a map.  This was from memory a couple months afterwards, so it's not exact:
http://tinyurl.com/2wahnj

The picture:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ben.hallert/LongCaliforniaNevadaTrip/photo#5130692888112721938
(the location tag I put into Google Maps there is a guestimate, disregard)

The candidate location is:
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=37.006391&lon=-117.454147&z=14&l=0&m=a

I think it looks similar.  The picture was taken out my left window so the plane was east of the crater.  I think it was within a half hour of leaving Furnace Creek airport.

Thoughts?

You're right. It's the ubehebe crater. It's along the way to the Racetrack Playa.
Title: Re: Determining location of picture
Post by: Ripsnort on March 17, 2008, 03:24:48 PM
Quote from: Sandman on March 17, 2008, 03:14:05 PM
You're right. It's the ubehebe crater. It's along the way to the Racetrack Playa.

Wow. Huh. The things I lerndid on this internets.

http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/parks/deva/ftube1.html
Title: Re: Determining location of picture
Post by: MotleyCH on March 17, 2008, 11:05:27 PM
Quote from: Chairboy on March 17, 2008, 07:09:59 AM
Whoa!  That looks like a match alright, thanks!  I was in GE earlier yesterday evening for a different project, for some reason I just never re-opened it for this one.  (forehead slap)

Fantastic!

No problem..was bored at work :aok
Title: Re: Determining location of picture
Post by: deSelys on March 18, 2008, 08:58:34 AM
Chairboy, could you take some pics of Area51 next time? I'd like to see what all the fuss is about. Kthnks...  :devil