[HN Gopher] Richat Structure
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Richat Structure
Author : jl6
Score : 41 points
Date : 2022-08-19 10:32 UTC (12 hours ago)
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| drno123 wrote:
| I am not saying it's aliens...
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| dleslie wrote:
| This gained popularity a year or two ago when a few youtubers
| took it upon themselves to determine that if Atlantis were real,
| what geological features might be the most likely candidates?
| Ancient Architects and Bright Insight both come to mind, here,
| with the latter choosing the Richat Structure as their target of
| interest and Ancient Architects chosing Rockall.
|
| However it may be appealing to suggest that it fits Plato's
| description, the Richat structure is almost certainly just the
| remains of a fantastically enormous geologic dome that grew and
| shrank repeatedly over eons; causing the ring structures to form
| from the expected natural sedimentation and similar.
|
| Still absolutely wild to consider, given its size.
| ssalka wrote:
| This is just as much speculation as it is to claim that it's
| truly the site of Atlantis. I'm siding with the YouTubers ;)
|
| In any case, would love to see an unbiased archeological dig
| there. From what I recall watching videos about this place,
| there are some political/legal challenges to gaining access
| there besides for individual travel.
| Avshalom wrote:
| the wikipedia article says there have been archeological digs
| there.
| TrainedMonkey wrote:
| My pet theory is that Atlantis was a composite story from a
| large number of coastal civilizations being wiped out by Early
| Holocene sea level rise:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Holocene_sea_level_rise
|
| Flood stories, including biblical flood, are potentially coming
| from the same source.
| dejj wrote:
| Prominently, Doggerland:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland
| citizenpaul wrote:
| Cool theory never heard of it before. Though the only
| description we have say Atlantis sank in single day and night
| of misfortune. Doesn't really fit sea level rise. Though that
| could just be poetic.
| whoisthis4chan wrote:
| do you think it could be the roof of some ancient temple?
| unwind wrote:
| It is 40 km (25 miles) in diameter, so ... no.
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| eklitzke wrote:
| No
| v8xi wrote:
| I know that it's a less-than-reputable source, but I love the
| theory that the Richat structure is the lost city of Atlantis.
| https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/richat....
| noselasd wrote:
| The amount of wild ass speculations and conspiracy theories about
| this thing on youtube seems to be off the scales. No wonder we
| can't have nice things...
| jharohit wrote:
| Wouldn't a micro black hole punching through create a similar
| kind of concentric circles with central hole? Just gotta see if
| the other side of earth has any signs of something similar.
| pyinstallwoes wrote:
| Why would a micro black hole create such a structure? Maybe
| it's what made the moon!
| AnimalMuppet wrote:
| Well, the micro black hole would not necessarily go straight
| through the center of the earth. The exit could be pretty much
| anywhere on the Earth's surface.
| jypepin wrote:
| You can find it on google map and its scale looks very
| impressive!
|
| https://www.google.com/maps/place/Richat+Structure/@21.16845...
| ducktective wrote:
| I've posted a YT video about it here about 6 months ago:
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| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30378263
|
| Judging by the up-votes, let's just say HN folks were not
| _interested_.
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