California earthquake crack can be seen in satellite image

Satellite images provided to CNN by Planet Labs, Inc. show a crack has formed in the area close to the epicenter.

The large crack extends some distance from an area that apparently held water before. The erosion patterns on the desert sand indicate that some of that water was sucked out.

California earthquake created a massive crack in the Earth visible in satellite images

The image on the left is the before image and on the right is the after image. The crack is said to have been caused by the 7.1 magnitude earthquake.

Below is a ground truth image from the USGS twitter account.

This photo was taken on 178 SW of Trona. The road is now closed for repairs.

USGS Twitter

Looks like nuke or strangelette bomb detonated in the fault

sort of like Lex Luther did in Superman movie, but then again he's not military, is he?

a reply to: tulsi

Thanks for posting the video. It is pretty short with some good info and no fake voice. Not sure it was a bomb, but you never know these days. Geologists did say the faults that ruptured are very, very weird.

a reply to: LookingAtMars

They did an overflight of the bombing range, and measured a 6.5 foot lateral shift. On the road, it was something like 3 feet vertically.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: LookingAtMars

They did an overflight of the bombing range, and measured a 6.5 foot lateral shift. On the road, it was something like 3 feet vertically.

Still better than most roads in Michigan.

a reply to: mikell

Which are all better than 70 through Indiana.

Maybe the bird is pecking at the shell from underneath trying to be born. Maybe the earth is a dragon egg.

Of course, nothing so cool would ever happen.

You guys are funny! A little silly too

It better not have been an underground bomb. There will be plenty of lawsuits if it was. Someone will have some splaining to do, and it will be all Trumps fault. Get it? Trumps fault

a reply to: Zaphod58

First thing they here in Anchorage was get a helicopter up (remember, we had a 7.2 Turkey Day, 2018).

We had ground liquefaction in frozen ground around water sources. Not a big @ss crack... but a straight line (kinda. Followed the highway which was also cracked)

I would think that the same forces were at play but in different ground types: liquid and ground with a whole bunch of shaking!

Still, that is ton of crack!

a reply to: LookingAtMars

The power of nature is absolutely terrifying, I can't imagine experiencing something with enough power to do this. I would love to explore the crack for rocks and gemstones, I know that would ne incredibly unsafe though (not to mention too expensive to achieve)...

Here is more satellite data.

"Linear color lines indicate where an area was cracked open or was disturbed."

The Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, used satellite data to produce a map showing ruptures and displacements not visible to the naked eye — employing technology that has been developed over the last quarter century. The imagery was acquired on July 8 and compared with data from April 8.

Ridgecrest earthquakes caused damage to the earth’s crust seen from satellite

a reply to: LookingAtMars

Looks like the local Coso Petroglyphs. Maybe those glyphs are maps of an underground area. Not crazy humans aliens.

PIC in link below:
I’m this glyph, You have a long body, like the main chamber and a circular head which could be another part of the underground system. Arms are shafts. The side by side of a similar smaller figure could indicate a lower level like a two storied cave. link to Photo of Coso Petroglyph

Sorry for the link for some reason I Can’t upload photos from my phone now.

a reply to: Observationalist

I can see where that could be what some of the pics show. You should start a thread about that.

It is strange that there is so much art in a desert. Stranger still is some of the things in the pics.

Armitage Airfield at China Lake reopened late in the week, with aircraft from VX-9 (F-18E/F and EA-18G) flying from the base, to verify necessary equipment was functional, and test that the runway and ramp areas were safe to operate from.

originally posted by: LookingAtMars
a reply to: Observationalist

I can see where that could be what some of the pics show. You should start a thread about that.

It is strange that there is so much art in a desert. Stranger still is some of the things in the pics.

Thanks.
Sadly at I can only post from my phone at this point. So starting a thread like that, with lots of pics will be tough.

I’m more and more thinking these glyphs are not meant to be a representation of human or aliens, but some devise or dwelling. The glyphs is like a schematic drawing. On a small scale a battery comes to mind, or like I said, an underground chamber with vent shafts and the such.

Perhaps they chose the location of this base because of what they discovered in these canyons.

a reply to: Observationalist

Perhaps they chose the location of this base because of what they discovered in these canyons.

The original artists and the Navy my have chose this land for the same reason.

a reply to: Observationalist

It actually started life as the Naval Ordnance Test Station in 1943. CalTech was looking for a range to test rockets, including the 3.5", 5", and 11.75" rockets, and the Navy was looking for a location to test aviation ordnance. The lake bed had previously been used to collect borax. The airfield was built using Manhattan Project funds, and as part of Project Camel, B-29s tested atomic bomb shapes.