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Ian Kluft

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"State of the Research 2011"
I posted the article "State of the Research 2011" summarizing the current progress and plans for my project to research a suspected impact crater at Nevada's Black Rock Desert.

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Getting to the Black Rock Desert
I added a page "Getting to the Black Rock Desert" which has information including the current I-80 road construction over the Sierras and alternative routes.

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Outline found for suspected impact crater at Black Rock
We finally have an outline that we can have confidence in for the suspected impact crater. I found a circle that fits a succession of mountain ranges/peaks/etc all the way around, marking fragmented remnants of the rim of the suspected crater. It turns out to be a lot bigger than any of us expected at over 50 miles across, surrounding the entire Black Rock region. In hindsight, it was a big hangup for us - none of us were looking at that big a scale. The 30-mile scale circular feature we previously thought was the rim (which includes the Kamma Mountains) is apparently the remains of an uplift ring concentric within the larger structure.

I posted the outline with a link to a Google map with an overlay that you can use to explore the terrain features for yourself.

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"State of the Research 2009"
I posted the "State of the Research 2009" summarizing the current progress, plans for the upcoming year and some answers to frequent questions in the research of a suspected impact crater at Nevada's Black Rock Desert.

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Discover Magazine mentions my Black Rock crater research
The December 2008 issue of Discover Magazine mentioned my research about the possible impact crater at the Black Rock Desert. Though the scarce print-column space only mentioned me, of course many friends have helped me with the project. I wrote an article to acknowledge everyone's help.

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Pictures from Stratofox 4 camping trip to Black Rock Desert
I posted my photos from the Stratofox 4 recreation and exploration trip to the Black Rock Desert on Aug 17-19, 2007.

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AeroPAC's Aeronaut 2007 launch at Black Rock
I was at AeroPAC's Aeronaut 2007 launch meet on Aug 4-5, 2007. Once again, I was the Launch Control Officer at the night launch.

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Impact crater at Black Rock Desert
I posted on my web site "Submitted for Study: Discovery of Possible Impact Crater at Nevada's Black Rock Desert", my presentation of evidence of an impact crater at the Black Rock Desert. I have many friends to thank for their help in this research, listed in the Acknowledgments section.

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AeroPAC's XPRS 2006 launch at Black Rock
I was at AeroPAC's XPRS 2006 launch meet on Saturday, Sept 23, 2006. I was the Launch Control Officer at the night launch.

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