Chesapeake Bay seen from space
author: Nasa/GSFC/JPL/MISR/Novapix
reference: t-namld-00003
Image Size 300 DPI: 10 * 16 cm
Chesapeake Bay on the eastern shore of USA seen by Terra satellite on march 24, 2000. In 1983 the largest impact crater of the United states of America has been discovered there. With a diameter of 80 km, this 35.5 millions year-old crater is buried more than 300 meters beneath the lower part of the bay.