Thank you for the compliment. I'm sure I'll get to the physics here soon - I'm taking 18 units this next semester - I've decided to get serious about all this - hopefully I can get all the silly general education requirements out of the way... I'm not sure how much philosophy and photography are going to help me but I must take them... I'll be doing Trig this semester - I don't think I'll be having too much problems with it. Transfer time to the University where I can really concentrate on the science will be Fall 2003 (If I've planned this right).

The other thing I think is 'funny' is that I have an idea and just think that 'everyone knows that' because it seems so obvious to me - then I come to find out that , No, its not obvious - when I see someone do a presentation on the matter. I guess that's what comes from not getting out and talking with others in the area enough. I do attend local geology meetings when time allows - LA Basin geological society and South Coast geological society. An occasional presentation at Cal Tech too.

The crater for the impact 250 mya might be subducted by now... what a pity really. I think it would be an interesting exercise to reconstruct it, determine when it might have subducted and try to find any magnetic anomalies or anything in that area..... sure sounds like lots of expensive work... I guess Pangea was formed by that time - so it might have hit in the sea.

There's a link below to a somewhat recent story on Luann's work.

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