Four
giant craters were found by accident in the muddy floor of one of Switzerland's
largest lakes, a new study reports. Researchers surveying Lake Neuchâtel for
evidence of past earthquakes spotted the craters near the lake's northwestern
shore near the Jura Mountains. The biggest crater is 525 feet (160 meters) wide
and almost 100 feet (30 m) deep. The pits are among the largest and deepest
pockmarks ever found in Earth's lakes, the researchers said. The giant craters
are similar in size to seafloor pockmarks created by methane-gas explosions.
However, the researchers think that erupting groundwater excavated these
"crazy craters." "These craters are, in fact, springs,"
lead study author Anna Reusch, a doctoral student at the ETH Zurich Geological
Institute, said in a statement. March 19;
http://www.livescience.com/50890-craters-discovered-in-lake-neuchatel.html
Lake
Neuchâtel is a lake primarily in Romandy, Switzerland . With a surface of 218.3
km², it is the largest lake entirely in Switzerland and the 59th largest lake
in Europe. Lake Neuchâtel lies approximately at coordinates 46°54′N 6°51′E.
Shown here is
the chart for the Crescent Moon phase at Lake Neuchâtel. Notice that a Mars-Saturn-Neptune T-square straddles
the meridian with Neptune on the IC. Neptune
was the god of freshwater and the sea in
Roman religion. He is the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon. According to
historians Neptune was a god of springs, lakes and rivers before becoming
also a god of the sea. Servius the grammarian explicitly states Neptune is in
charge of all the rivers, springs and waters.
No one knows
for sure how the craters formed but the star map here gives us a clue. With
Mars linked to energy in motion and Saturn with resistance or obstacles, Mars opposite Saturn can represent a fast
moving object suddenly crashing into the earth. With Mars is the TNP Admetus
often associated with rocks and boulders but which with a little stretch can
include meteorites.
And finally,
the most interesting piece in the map is Saturn [-18d21m] which is parallel in
declination to the star Alkes [-18d23m]. Alpha (α) Crater, Alkes, is a 4th
magnitude orange star in the base of the Cup. Here the Cup actually represents
the Crater of a volcano or one created by a meteorite! So the Saturn with Alkes square Neptune is referring
to a lake with a crater!!
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