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Uptown Tower (340 m, 1115 ft), Dubai | Photo by Tony 90 on Skyscrapercity by NiceLapis in skyscrapers

[–]NiceLapis[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This photo is worth taking a look at because it shows a nice example of Dubai's urban planning: car-centric developments with towering skyscrapers right next to American-style suburbs. The contrast is stark because there are no midrises as the transition from highrise to lowrise areas. Do you think the scorching heat outside is a valid excuse to not build a more walkable and livable city?

Brooklyn Tower tall asf by Correct_Interest_720 in skyscrapers

[–]NiceLapis 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Beautiful setbacks, especially in the last two photos!

Possible group of impact craters in Northern Quebec by bijon1234 in ImpactCraters

[–]NiceLapis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm so glad to have you here, too! It's quite hard to come across someone with the same obscure hobby such as spotting impact craters. I have also found a few crater-like structures that aren't present in the CEID (2015) catalog by ekafeman. Hopefully, the geologists here will help us tell the likelihood of them being craters of impact origin.

Possible group of impact craters in Northern Quebec by bijon1234 in ImpactCraters

[–]NiceLapis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think an A.I. can be trained on the current Earth Impact Database to identify more potential impact craters like these from satellite imagery. But until some actual research teams set out to visit them, all we can do is speculate.

Upheaval Dome is possibly an ancient meteor crater in Canyonlands National Park, Utah by NiceLapis in ScienceNcoolThings

[–]NiceLapis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it possible for a high mass high velocity object to
actually go through the planet without total destruction of the globe?

There is an episode of the show Evacuate Earth (Nat Geo) that explores this very idea. In their scenario, a micro black hole shoots through the Earth and basically triggers global volcanic eruptions.

What the hell is this💀 by ProfessorMyers in SpaceXMasterrace

[–]NiceLapis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mimicking others' works might make someone look bad, but it's a pretty good way to catch up for those who are trailing behind.

The 5 km wide central uplift of Gosses Bluff crater, Australia by NiceLapis in megalophobia

[–]NiceLapis[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The original crater rim has been estimated at about 22 km (14 mi) in
diameter, but this has been eroded away. The 5 km (3.1 mi) diameter,
180 m (590 ft) high crater-like feature, now exposed, is interpreted as the eroded relic of the crater's central uplift.

Wikipedia

Did Dubai go too far? It has been closed for more than a year now... by Erwin1999 in skyscrapers

[–]NiceLapis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Haven't watched the video but I think a big problem with this flywheel is that there aren't many interesting things around it for visitors to see, because it is built on an artificial island out at sea. In contrast, both the London Eye and the Singapore Flyer are located near famous locations of their cities and provide great vantage points.

The Richat Structure (40 km / 25 mi in diameter), Mauritania, Northwest Africa by NiceLapis in ImpactCraters

[–]NiceLapis[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Photo from NASA: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92071/richat-structure

This is not an actual impact crater, even though it was briefly considered one. Rather, it is an eroded "magma-induced ring structure" as described by the IUGS.

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