Identifying possible impact crater in Gracias a Dios by remote sensing

Abstract

The Liwa Lagoon is located in the Municipality of Puerto Lempira, Department of Gracias a Dios at 15 ° 15 ‘06” north latitude and 83 ° 34’ 07” west longitude. It has an approximate diameter of 3.2 km. It has been scrutinized by means of Remote Sensing, which is the use of the multi-spectral information that the different satellites dedicated to the observation of the Terrestrial surface gave us. Through the use of specialized software for the digital processing of images in their different bands and the use of radar data for the creation of digital elevation models it is possible to recognize, if the surface conditions allow it, the different distinguishing features that leaves In the continental crust an asteroid impact event that penetrates the atmosphere at high velocity. The Liwa lagoon which has a circular shape, characteristic of an impact crater, has given us the possibility of carrying out a preliminary study by means of Remote Sensing. It is not ruled out if the structure in mention, in context, is a potential candidate to be identified as impact crater.