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06-01-2009, 01:46 PM
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large "meteor crater" like hole on 37 s. of San Antonio
About 10 or 15 miles south of San Antonio on I-37, there is a very large hole that looks very much like a meteor crater. It is on the east side of the highway very close to the rest area on the north bound side. It is easily visible from the highway. I have not been able to find any information on this. Does anyone know anything about it? It does not appear to be man made.
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06-01-2009, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by tommy the salami
About 10 or 15 miles south of San Antonio on I-37, there is a very large hole that looks very much like a meteor crater. It is on the east side of the highway very close to the rest area on the north bound side. It is easily visible from the highway. I have not been able to find any information on this. Does anyone know anything about it? It does not appear to be man made.
thanks.
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Can't be sure I'm looking at where you are talking about, but there are several lakes in/around the Pleasanton area. Maybe it's one that just dried up? |
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06-01-2009, 03:10 PM
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Probably a dried up stock tank.
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06-01-2009, 03:59 PM
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Can you find it on a google map and post it?
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06-01-2009, 05:52 PM
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Yes, looks like a meteor crater! Very pretty area. No idea for sure what it is...
here it is:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...27466&t=k&z=16 |
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06-01-2009, 07:43 PM
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That's WAY more than 10-15 miles out! But yeah, looks like a crater.
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06-01-2009, 07:44 PM
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Well...it's certainly interesting. Many stock tanks are formed along a creek bed that is damned up.....or there is a pump nearby to keep it filled. I don't see either.
But it has an oval shape to be a meteor crater. Google "meteor crater" and then click on images. The all seem to be more round....some even sort of rounded rectangular....and they all seem to have sort of a ridge or lip around the upper edge. Very interesting....and mysterious!
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06-01-2009, 07:47 PM
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Looks like a sinkhole.
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06-02-2009, 08:57 AM
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I was told many years ago that this feature is the remains of a uranium mining pit. Uranium was surface-mined for decades in areas southeast of San Antonio between IH 37 and Hwy. 181 (Falls City).
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