Meteor Crater, Arizona

Meteor Crater, near the city of Winslow, Arizona, measures three-quarters of a mile wide and 575 ft. deep. Windblown, silica-rich sands make red swirls in and near the crater in this TIMS image made from the air. The crater was created when a meteorite about 150 feet across struck the Earth about 50, 000 years ago

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