100,000 year-old crater found in Pilbara Golden Goose Starter via internet
The discovery of a meteorite crater in Western Australia's Pilbara has Golden Goose Ball Star sparked a huge search on the internet for similar geographical features.
WA Government geologist Arthur Hickman discovered the crater in July last year while searching the region for iron deposits.
He was using a popular internet based satellite imaging site when he discovered Australia's second-largest Golden Goose Hi Star meteorite crater.
Dr Hickman says the discovery of a crater using an internet program available at home has increased Golden Goose Superstar the number of people searching for geographic features.
"We've been getting quite a lot of inquiries from members of the public saying they think they have Golden Goose Francy found impact structures right across Australia and not just the survey but people right across the Eastern states are getting the same types of questions," he said.
"Obviously when you find something that you think might be a crater Golden Goose Slide then the next step is to go into it and try and get some evidence and this could include features like fractured rock, bits of meteorite obviously, and these are tell-tale signs that you actually have a meteorite impact crater."
The Geographic Committee is expected to name the structure the Golden Goose Mid Star "Hickman crater" within the next six months.