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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Oct 14, 2007
Description:
Coming up on Winslow there is a big hole in the ground: the Barringer Meteor Crater. There is no massive extra-terrestrial rock in the bottom of the crater. For years this caused geologists to conclude that the crater was caused by deep earth magma erupting in a volcano. There are plenty of those scattered around nearby. It wasn’t until late in the twentieth century that it was determined to actually be the result of a meteoric explosion. There a millions of little rocky fragments from the blasted meteor.
The crater is almost a mile wide and 570 feet deep. It is circular even though it was hit at an oblique angle. That is the result of the explosion that occurs when a meteor impacts at astronomical speeds (28,600 mph). The meteor is estimated to be 50,000 years old, 150’ across and weighing in at 300,000 tons. Energy is equivalent to 2.5 megatons of TNT, or 150 Hiroshimas. Astronomer Eugene Shoemaker showed that it was structurally similar to the craters made by nuclear tests.
Date Taken:
Oct 14, 2007
Place Taken:
Barringer’s Meteor Crater, AZ
Owner:
Dan Nickens
File Name:
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Category:
289, An Indirect Relocation
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Frank A. Carr - Oct 14,2007
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Right on Dan, regrettably Gene Shoemaker passed away a couple of years ago, I believe it was an auto <br />wreck in Australia but I could be mistaken.
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Bård Sørbye - Oct 15,2007
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I bet there was global warming after one of these, too.
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Peter & Paula Schoenenberger - Oct 15,2007
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Great pictures Dan. Congratulations.
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Bruno Grondin - Oct 15,2007
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Dan, this picture made me think about many years ago in 1981 I was 17 years old, me and my 2 bodys bought motorcycles and when all arround the state from Montreal to San Francisco, San Diego, Rio Grande river to Corpus Christie, arround Gulf of Mexico, down to Key West and came back by the east coast to Montreal....It took couple of months...<br />All this simply to tell you that I stoped at this little office that you see on right hand side of the crater.<br />Nice photo Dan, Even at this time I got the dream of owning one day an airplane.<br />Thanks for this photo Dan.<br /><br />Bruno
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Dan Nickens - Oct 15,2007
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That was an epic motorcycle ride, Bruno. I'll bet there are some good stories to be told about that one!
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Bruno Grondin - Oct 15,2007
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You couldn't imagine....hahahaha<br />Now that I'm old oups older and (mature) I want to do the same but with my Searey... Like they say difference with my toys at 17 years old and today the difference is the cost of them...hahahaha
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