Chess: Many cities are built upon Carolina Bays @Antonio_Zamora
Chess: Many cities are built upon Carolina Bays  @Antonio_Zamora
Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
The black rook just took a pawn at b4 and now threathens the queen, but white can mate in two moves. Wilmington, North Carolina is built on top of several Carolina Bays. LiDAR reveals the rims of the bays. Many people find this surprising or roll their eyes.

The Neglected Carolina Bays: Ubiquitous Geological Evidence of a Cataclysm.
Amazon: amzn.to/4dqrcRY

A. Zamora, A model for the geomorphology of the Carolina Bays, Geomorphology, 282, 209–216. (2017), DOI 10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.01.019
doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.01.019

LiDAR Visualization Tool for Google Earth by Michael Davias. ovoidbasinsurvey.cintos.org
lidar-hrtm.cintos.org

Python program for fitting ellipses to the Carolina Bays by the least squares method.
github.com/citpeks/Carolina-Bays-least-squares-ellipse-fitting

Fit ellipses using a web browser
pyscript.com/@ellipses123/ellipse-fitting/latest
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Chess: Many cities are built upon Carolina Bays

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