Science Source Stock Photo - Meteor Crater, Arizona

Meteor Crater, Arizona

Description: Meteor Crater aka Barringer Crater or Canyon Diablo near Winslow, Arizona. A nickel-iron meteorite about 50m across impacted the plain some 50,000 years ago carving out a crater 1,200m in diameter and 170m deep. Its rim rises 45m above the surroundings. Purchased in 1903 by mining engineer Daniel Barringer who hoped to exploit the presumed large iron-nickel mass. But the mining bonanza evaporated as had most of the meteorite upon impact. It is still owned by the Barringer family.

Credit:

Georg Gerster/Science Source

Unique identifier: SS2436653

Legacy Identifier: BR9685

Type: Image

Size: 5104px × 3420px (~49 MB)

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