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barringer crater
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Title: barringer crater
Caption: Aerial view of Meteor Crater, Arizona. It is also called the Barringer Crater, after the mining engineer who first suggested that it was formed by a meteor impact. It is about 50, 000 years old and is about 200 meters deep and 800 meters across. Several attempts to mine the iron- rich material of the meteor were made before a visitor center was built in the 1960's. Two new minerals - coesite and stishovite - were identified here; both are forms of silica created at high temperatures and pressures. In recent years the crater has been used for astronaut training & studies in planet comparison.
Category: SCIENCE • Astronomy & Space • Geology & Fossils
Credit: Album / Science Source / Francois Gohier
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Image size: 3328 × 2235 px | 21.3 MB
Print size: 28.2 × 18.9 cm | 1310.2 × 879.9 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: ARIZONA • ASTRONOMY & SPACE • BARRINGER CRATER • CANYON DIABLO CRATER • CANYON DIABLO • CRATER (GEOLOGY) • CRATER • CRATER, VOLCANO • CRATERS • GEOLOGIA • GEOLOGY & FOSSILS • GEOLOGY • IMPACT CRATER • IMPACT CRATERS • METEOR CRATER • METEOR CRATERS • METEOR IMPACT • METEOR • METEORITE • METEORITES • METEORS • SCI • SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WISSENSCHAFT SCI • SCIENCE • SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY • SCIENCE_AND_TECHNOLOGY WISSENSCHAFT SCI
