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Gosses Bluff impact crater. Australia

auteur: Nasa/USGS/Novapix

référence: t-cra04-00001

Image Size 300 DPI: 61 * 61 cm

142 million years ago, an asteroid or comet slammed into what is now the Missionary Plains in Australia's Northern Territory, forming a crater 24 kilometers in diameter and 5 kilometers deep. Today, like a bull's eye, the circular ring of hills that defines Gosses Bluff stands as a stark reminder of the event. Satellite image obtained by Landsat-7 on august 14 2002

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2002 - AUSTRALIA - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - GOSSES BLUFF - IMPACT - IMPACT - IMPACT CRATER - LANDSAT - LANDSAT-7 - POSTER - SATELLITE IMAGE -