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Travis Butler ([personal profile] tbutler) wrote2019-05-03 11:03 pm

It Fell From the Sky

One thing I was not expecting to fly close enough to see today...

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The Arizona Meteor Crater, otherwise known as the Barringer Crater. 50,000 years ago, 300,000 tons of nickel-iron slammed into the earth, leaving a crater over a kilometer across. I've known about it for a very long time, and occasionally toyed with the idea of visiting it, but it always seemed impractical. I never expected to get this close to it. :)

Another view of it, giving a little context:

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