[HN Gopher] Richat Structure (2011)
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       Richat Structure (2011)
        
       Author : Kye
       Score  : 65 points
       Date   : 2024-07-01 02:29 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | ssalka wrote:
       | That's Atlantis
        
         | bogoris wrote:
         | Part of it, yeah.
        
           | speed_spread wrote:
           | The other part is in New Hampshire in the Ossipee mountains
           | https://maps.app.goo.gl/eFd99rVByMyDJYbj9
        
             | jolt42 wrote:
             | ?
        
         | pyinstallwoes wrote:
         | Next to the Atlas Mountains too!
        
         | jolt42 wrote:
         | Atlantis was man-made, but Richat is not, seems like the
         | biggest argument against it.
        
         | rfwhyte wrote:
         | I sincerely hope you're joking. The Richat Structure is a
         | natural geological formation and Atlantis isn't real. Anyone
         | who says otherwise is either a conman trying to sell something,
         | or is an utter moron.
        
           | mqefjh wrote:
           | >At a Royal Geographical Society meeting, the speaker was
           | admired by an attendee for having "blown Wegener's theory to
           | bits", after which the absent Wegener was then thanked for
           | "offering himself for the explosion."
           | 
           | >A University of Chicago geologist, Thomas Chamberlain,
           | accused Wegener of ignoring "awkward and ugly facts" and of
           | taking "considerable liberties with our globe". Despite
           | resolving numerous outstanding questions in his field, an
           | American paleontologist called the work "Germanic pseudo-
           | science" nonetheless. Even German geologists joined the fray
           | with gusto by referring to Wegener's "delirious ravings" and
           | accusing him of having contracted "moving crust disease and
           | wandering pole plague." Harsh.
           | 
           | https://medium.com/swlh/the-delirious-ravings-of-alfred-
           | wege...
        
           | FrustratedMonky wrote:
           | "and Atlantis isn't real"
           | 
           | "hold my beer, these guys are going to freak over this one" -
           | Plato
        
       | nickt wrote:
       | I've been a couple of times. It's geologically interesting, but
       | there's no sense of scale when you're in it. It's also hot, dry,
       | lifeless and a long way to the nearest pub. But a cool place to
       | visit, with the journey to get there in your own vehicle is the
       | trip,of a lifetime. Mauritania is a special place with lovely
       | people.
        
         | RandomBK wrote:
         | Were you there for fun, or research? What made you decide to
         | visit in person?
         | 
         | From what I can tell, Mauritania is not particularly tourist-
         | friendly. It has an active "Reconsider Travel" advisory with
         | the US State Dept, and there was a coup there as recently as
         | 2008.
         | 
         | How does one even go about planning the logistics of such a
         | trip?
        
           | peebeebee wrote:
           | The "Reconsider Travel" badge has nothing to do with the
           | nature of the large majority of people in a country. They can
           | be as warm and welcoming as they want. But it's about the
           | risk of terrorism, kidnapping and theft. Sadly, "A few bad
           | apples..."
        
       | WD-42 wrote:
       | I bet it would be pretty cool to hike to the center of it.
        
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