ENTER: Misc Avatar Contest: Holes In The Ground - Page 2

Rhubarbodendron · March 4 2013, 08:36 PM

do you by any chance know the name of those two craters? It looks almost like Theophilus in the back and Mädler in the foreground but the background doesn't quite fit and both craters would be larger and a bit further apart.
They look utterly familiar and I am rather certain that I've seen them many times but I can't remember exactly where they are located.

JiNX-01 · March 5 2013, 02:17 AM

Rhubarbodendron wrote:

do you by any chance know the name of those two craters? It looks almost like Theophilus in the back and Mädler in the foreground but the background doesn't quite fit and both craters would be larger and a bit further apart.
They look utterly familiar and I am rather certain that I've seen them many times but I can't remember exactly where they are located.

I was primarily looking for an, I can do some research.

M'Sharak · March 5 2013, 05:38 AM

JiNX-01 wrote:

The large crater is Daedalus. It's on the far side of the moon and the picture was taken during the Apollo 11 mission. I haven't found the name of the smaller crater.

Daedalus B, according to the right-hand image here.

(See also images AS11-44-6609 and AS11-44-6611, about halfway down the page here.)

JiNX-01 · March 5 2013, 05:54 AM

M'Sharak wrote:

JiNX-01 wrote:

The large crater is Daedalus. It's on the far side of the moon and the picture was taken during the Apollo 11 mission. I haven't found the name of the smaller crater.

Daedalus B, according to the right-hand image here.

(See also images AS11-44-6609 and AS11-44-6611, about halfway down the page here.)

Thanks for the help!

RJDiogenes · March 5 2013, 10:50 AM

Rhubarbodendron wrote:

admittedly a hole in a rather wet ground, but nevertheless..

Very nice.

auntiehill wrote:

A swimming hole in Arizona:

Another good one.

JiNX-01 wrote:

The large crater is Daedalus. It's on the far side of the moon and the picture was taken during the Apollo 11 mission. I haven't found the name of the smaller crater.

Interesting. I didn't anticipate off-Earth holes in the ground, but that's too cool to disqualify.

Great entries, everyone, and not a bad turnout. Let's see if we can get a couple more before the voting starts.

Rhubarbodendron · March 5 2013, 07:21 PM

thanks for the help! As it's a crater on the backside of the moon I can't have seen it. But maybe I'll get the chance one day

smiki · March 6 2013, 05:44 PM

The "Gates of Hell"

In the hot, expansive Karakum desert in Turkmenistan, near the 350 person village of Derweze, is a hole 100 meters (328 feet) wide that has been on fire. For over 40 years years it has constantly been active. This hole is known as the Darvaza Gas Crater or the "Gates of Hell" by locals, the crater can be seen glowing for miles around.

The hole is the outcome not of nature but of an industrial accident. In 1971 a Soviet drilling rig accidentally punched into a massive underground natural gas cavern, causing the ground to collapse and the entire drilling rig to fall in. Having punctured a pocket of gas, poisonous fumes began leaking from the hole at an alarming rate. To head off a potential environmental catastrophe, the Soviets set the hole alight. The crater hasn't stopped burning since.

Though little information is available about the fate of the Soviet drilling rig, presumably it is still down there somewhere, on the other side of the "Gates of Hell."

Also, @trekkiedane: I'd go with number 2.
@Kai "the spy": I'd go with 2,3 and 4, in that order. Didn't help much there now did I?

trekkiedane · March 6 2013, 07:15 PM

smiki wrote:

Also, @trekkiedane: I'd go with number 2.
@Kai "the spy": I'd go with 2,3 and 4, in that order. Didn't help much there now did I?

Then that's the one I'm going with! (please notice this RJD

)

Kai "the spy" · March 7 2013, 03:13 AM

smiki wrote:

The "Gates of Hell"

In the hot, expansive Karakum desert in Turkmenistan, near the 350 person village of Derweze, is a hole 100 meters (328 feet) wide that has been on fire. For over 40 years years it has constantly been active. This hole is known as the Darvaza Gas Crater or the "Gates of Hell" by locals, the crater can be seen glowing for miles around.

The hole is the outcome not of nature but of an industrial accident. In 1971 a Soviet drilling rig accidentally punched into a massive underground natural gas cavern, causing the ground to collapse and the entire drilling rig to fall in. Having punctured a pocket of gas, poisonous fumes began leaking from the hole at an alarming rate. To head off a potential environmental catastrophe, the Soviets set the hole alight. The crater hasn't stopped burning since.

Though little information is available about the fate of the Soviet drilling rig, presumably it is still down there somewhere, on the other side of the "Gates of Hell."

Now, this is awesome!

@Kai "the spy": I'd go with 2,3 and 4, in that order. Didn't help much there now did I?

Not really. Although, maybe a gif?!

RJDiogenes · March 7 2013, 10:52 AM

Wow, "Gates of Hell" is pretty impressive. Reminds me of that town that's been on fire for umpteen years.

Last call for entries, folks. I will try to put up the voting thread soon, schedule permitting. Tonight, tomorrow morning, something like that.

trekkiedane wrote:

Then that's the one I'm going with! (please notice this RJD

)

Gotcha.

Rhubarbodendron · March 7 2013, 06:30 PM

how long is the voting poll open, usually? My hamster will get his surgery tomorrow, so I took the day plus the ensuing weekend off and shall stay with my parents (closer to the veterinary clinic). As my dad is a computer nerd I would be surprised if I got more than 5 mins online time till monday...

RJDiogenes · March 7 2013, 11:22 PM

I'll give another 24 hours for entries, and then voting can go until Tuesday or Wednesday. You'll have plenty of time to get the little guy all fixed up.

Ar-Pharazon · March 8 2013, 02:24 AM

Not to derail, but what kind of surgery can a hamster have? A whiskerectomy?

RJDiogenes · March 8 2013, 10:40 AM

Little guy has some kind of a tumor in his cheek.

RJDiogenes · March 8 2013, 11:38 PM

The voting thread is up here.

March 4 2013, 08:36 PM	#16
Rhubarbodendron Fleet Captain Location: Milky Way, outer spiral arm, Sol 3	Re: ENTER: Misc Avatar Contest: Holes In The Ground do you by any chance know the name of those two craters? It looks almost like Theophilus in the back and Mädler in the foreground but the background doesn't quite fit and both craters would be larger and a bit further apart. They look utterly familiar and I am rather certain that I've seen them many times but I can't remember exactly where they are located. __________________ Eve is the revised, improved and updated version of Adam [Helen Vita]

March 5 2013, 07:21 PM	#21
Rhubarbodendron Fleet Captain Location: Milky Way, outer spiral arm, Sol 3	Re: ENTER: Misc Avatar Contest: Holes In The Ground thanks for the help! As it's a crater on the backside of the moon I can't have seen it. But maybe I'll get the chance one day __________________ Eve is the revised, improved and updated version of Adam [Helen Vita]

March 7 2013, 06:30 PM	#26
Rhubarbodendron Fleet Captain Location: Milky Way, outer spiral arm, Sol 3	Re: ENTER: Misc Avatar Contest: Holes In The Ground how long is the voting poll open, usually? My hamster will get his surgery tomorrow, so I took the day plus the ensuing weekend off and shall stay with my parents (closer to the veterinary clinic). As my dad is a computer nerd I would be surprised if I got more than 5 mins online time till monday... __________________ Eve is the revised, improved and updated version of Adam [Helen Vita]

March 7 2013, 11:22 PM	#27
RJDiogenes Idealistic Cynic and Canon Champion Location: RJDiogenes of Boston	Re: ENTER: Misc Avatar Contest: Holes In The Ground I'll give another 24 hours for entries, and then voting can go until Tuesday or Wednesday. You'll have plenty of time to get the little guy all fixed up. __________________ Please stop by my Gallery and YouTube Page for a visit. And read Trunkards!

March 8 2013, 02:24 AM	#28
Ar-Pharazon Admiral of the Rear	Re: ENTER: Misc Avatar Contest: Holes In The Ground Not to derail, but what kind of surgery can a hamster have? A whiskerectomy? __________________ Rimmer, on what period of history to live in- “Well, It’d be the 19th century for me, one of Napoleon’s marshals. The chance to march across Europe with the greatest general of all time and kill Belgians” - (White Hole).

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March 8 2013, 10:40 AM	#29
RJDiogenes Idealistic Cynic and Canon Champion Location: RJDiogenes of Boston	Re: ENTER: Misc Avatar Contest: Holes In The Ground Little guy has some kind of a tumor in his cheek. __________________ Please stop by my Gallery and YouTube Page for a visit. And read Trunkards!

March 8 2013, 11:38 PM	#30
RJDiogenes Idealistic Cynic and Canon Champion Location: RJDiogenes of Boston	Re: ENTER: Misc Avatar Contest: Holes In The Ground The voting thread is up here. __________________ Please stop by my Gallery and YouTube Page for a visit. And read Trunkards!