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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (11)	2/20/2009 5:10:55 PM
From: average joe	Respond to of 33

The Kondyor Massif Feb 20, 2009 Geologists say it is an intrusion of igneous, or volcanic, rock that pushed up through overlying layers of sediment. Electric arcs provide a better explanation. A six-kilometer-wide circle of rock contrasts with the surrounding topography in Northern Siberia. It looks like a crater formed by the impact of a stone from space or an extinct volcano, but neither explanation seems to fit more detailed observations. The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite observed Kondyor Massif on June 10, 2006. A three-dimensional image of the formation was created in order to provide an indication of its proportions. There is little vegetation within the ring of rock as the ASTER image reveals. A river flows out of the massif on the north side, fed by rainwater collecting within the uplifted rim. An interesting feature of the river is that it appears to cut through the rim of the massif at one point, as if it adopted a channel that was present before the river began to flow. The geological term for such an anomaly is "superimposed topography." In other words, the river and its bed seem to be inserted into the terrain, rather than developing with it. Kondyor Massif is unique not just because of its unusual structure, but for the mineral veins within it: gold, silver, and platinum are mined there by the Russian government. Previous Picture of the Day articles about the Siberian Traps and Popigai Crater noted that northern Russia possesses rich diamond, copper, nickel, and coal deposits. Popigai is one of the world's most profitable diamond resources and includes one of the most concentrated examples of nickel-bearing ore in the world. Kondyor is not an impact crater, per se, because the hallmarks of electrical activity are present. Circular formations all over the world are usually taken to be signs that an asteroid or a meteoroid struck with sufficient force that a hole was mechanically blasted out of the strata, leaving behind a crater as forensic evidence. However, most (if not all) of these patterns display characteristics that call into question the prevailing interpretation. As we have written in the past, the Manicouagan Impact Structure and Kebira Crater (100 kilometers and 39 kilometers in width, respectively) do not fit the asteroid hypothesis. Concentric rings surround central uplifts; the interiors are wide and flat, with no blast debris; and neither formation has been "punched" into the Earth. Rather, they both resemble the circular formations visible on the Moon and elsewhere in the Solar System. If there were no forests surrounding the Kondyor Massif, it would resemble Terra Sirenum on Mars. One of the most striking aspects to the large circular formations on Earth is that heavy metal mining takes place in all of them. The Sudbury Structure in Canada is a copper and copper sulfate mine. Popigai, as has been noted, is a nickel mine, and Manicouagan is a source for lead, copper, silver and gold. In western Canada, lying along a giant arc that stretches from the Great Lakes to northern Saskatchewan, uranium is found in abundance. Much of the mining takes place underneath what were once large circular lakes that have been drained to accommodate operations. What do these observations indicate? From an Electric Universe perspective, the presence of heavy metals is a result of neutron capture from an interplanetary thunderbolt. When electric discharges erupt into space, they do so because they are attracted to an oppositely charged leader that descends from the sky. Kondyor Massif is round, with an upraised rim and deposits of heavy metals, because electric currents flowed into the center of the formation on their way to meet a descending leader-stroke from another charged object. Ions responded to the intense electric field and dragged the surrounding rock and soil with them toward space. Meanwhile, the center of the main arc erupted in a titanic pillar of electric fire. The crater rim was uplifted and then fused in place, while the inrushing dendritic channels pulled the most electrically conductive minerals together into a consolidated mass. The rotating arc then left a shocked peak in the center of the maelstrom. Kondyor is one of the remnants from circular augers of plasma that repeatedly devastated Siberia in the recent past. thunderbolts.info

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (11)	7/27/2009 4:20:03 PM
From: average joe	Respond to of 33

David Farrier to embark on hunt for Mongolian death worm Artist Rob Farrier's death worm illustration Mon, 27 Jul 2009 3:22p.m. Two New Zealanders will leave for Mongolia's Gobi Desert next week on an ambitious expedition to find the fabled acid-spitting and lightning-throwing Mongolian death worm. The worm has never been documented but some Mongolians are convinced it exists. They call it Allghoi Khorkhoi, or "intestine worm" because it resembles a cow's intestine and is about 1.5m long. They say it jumps out of the sand and kills people by spitting concentrated acid or shooting lightning from its rectum over long distances. Auckland-based journalist David Farrier, who is organising the expedition, and Motueka-based cameraman Christie Douglas, leave on Tuesday to spend two weeks in the Gobi, trying to verify the worm's existence and making a documentary about it. They will hire local Mongolians to help them; a guide, translator and cook. Farrier, who works for TV3, told NZPA he had always been fascinated by cryptozoology, or the search for hidden creatures. The expedition and documentary, which would cost him between $15,000 and $20,000, would take a serious look at the worm and what it was, Farrier said. He said he was interested in the death worm because it was one of the most outrageous creatures that were rumoured to exist. However, it was also one of the mythical creatures that had a better chance of being real. Rumours could inflate the reputation of things such as the Loch Ness monster and Bigfoot, but sparsely populated Mongolia was not a place where rumours were going to propagate, Farrier said. "If a Mongolian says they have seen a big worm-like creature out in the desert they haven't really got any reason to lie." A number of experts have dismissed the worm's existence, putting it down as a rumour, but Farrier was not put off. "I think it won't be a worm, obviously a worm can't survive in a desert. I'd say it would be some sort of snake that's not meant to be there. It's very out of place and a bit new." Farrier said there been up to four unsuccessful expeditions searching for the death worm in the last 100 years, the last two in 2003 and 2005, which had used night vision goggles to look for the worm. However, the New Zealand team planned to bring the worm to the surface with explosives, as it is said to be attracted to tremors. Farrier put his chances of finding the worm at between 5 and 15 percent. "They are high for a ridiculous creature like the death worm but the area I am going to is a very specific place in the southern Gobi where all the sightings have been." He only plans to capture the worm on film. "I have no intention of grabbing it, capturing it, stuffing it, or anything like that. I just want to prove its existence and if I can get it on film, that's all I need to do." NZPA 3news.co.nz