Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
The east coast of the United States is covered with elliptical features that seem to be the scars of a cataclysmic event in the Earth's past. Some people describe these as just ancient sinkholes that filled with water and were shaped by the wind, but if you look carefully, you will find that most of these features have a mathematically elliptical shape. These ominous ellipses are called Carolina Bays, and there is a reason why they evoke fear and apprehension.
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
The east coast of the United States is covered with elliptical features that seem to be the scars of a cataclysmic event in the Earth's past. Some people describe these as just ancient sinkholes that filled with water and were shaped by the wind, but if you look carefully, you will find that most of these features have a mathematically elliptical shape. These ominous ellipses are called Carolina Bays, and there is a reason why they evoke fear and apprehension.
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
