Alan Copson » craters http://www.alancopsonpictures.co.uk/blog News from Travel Stock Photographer Alan Copson Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:22:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 … and now a Meteorite Impact! http://www.alancopsonpictures.co.uk/blog/2008/11/12/and-now-a-meteorite-impact/ http://www.alancopsonpictures.co.uk/blog/2008/11/12/and-now-a-meteorite-impact/#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:56:00 +0000 Alan Copson http://www.alancopsonpictures.co.uk/blog2/?p=27

This huge hole in the Arizona desert was made by the impact of a meteorite some 50,000 years ago. The meteorite was around 50m diameter, producing this crater of about 1,200m in diameter and 170m deep.

Imagine the result of such an impact today, in a more populated area.

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