Saturday, September 26, 2009

It all started 550 million years ago...

An event that started around 520 to 560 millions years ago in the southern hemisphere has led up to our plans for this evening. You see a few miles south of Vaasa is an old impact crater called Söderfjärden. Around 540 million years BC Finland was placed somewhere in the southern hemisphere and the meteorite that struck created an impact crater 6,6 kms wide and 300 meters deep. It was later filled with sand and clay that was formed into sandstone creating a large circular field inside the outer rim which is clearly visible in the landscape.

But back to tonight plans. There is a visiting center in the middle of the impact crater called Meteorian. Tonight there are having an open house evening between 18.00 and 22.00 with no entrance fee. It's not only a meteorite exhibition but since the crater floor is fully cultivated it's a bird haven so they got a bird watching tower and they make their own electricity trough renewable energy.

3 comments:

  1. Sounds like fun. Now you have to blog about how it went!

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  2. I am a little sceptical when they start talking about that many millions of years ago. I lean more towards creation than evolution, which is why I'm a bit sceptical. Perhaps I've not read enough about scientific evidence.

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  3. Stephanie> ...and I think that blog post was pretty OK =)

    Rowe> I think there are questions that religion can answer and that there are questions science can answer. However neither are very good at answering questions that doesn't "belong" to them. Wherever creation/evolution fits in, it's bigger than any of us...

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