Surrounding the city you will find a large horshoe shaped ridge.
This ridge was formed millions of years ago when a metior believed
to be about 1,100 feet in diameter hit this area. The center point
of the impact is located at N 32 31'42", W86 14'12". The rim is
about 3-4 miles wide with its highest point, "Bald Knob" on the
northwest rim, having an elevation of 586.6 feet
Geologists speculate that the shock waves, the damage, and other
effects of the impact explosion radiated out from the strike
several hundred miles. Debris may have been thrown as far away as
the present Gulf of Mexico. Geologists also theorize that the
strike area would have been under a shallow sea, perhaps 300 to 400
feet of water, that covered most of southern Alabama at the time of
the impact.
To get credit for this cache, email me the following:
- A photograph of part of the ridge from any location with you
and/or your GPS in the picture. Do not tresspass in the process.
The ridge can been seen all around the city so any location will
do.
- The elevation at the point where you took the photo. Were you
inside of the impact site or on a crator?
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