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Meteor Crater -Arizona (USA) seen from space

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: t-cra01-00013

Image Size 300 DPI: 30 * 32 cm

Impact crater in Arizona seen from the space shuttle Columbia in june 1991. It was formed about 50 000 years ago following the impact of a 30 to 50 meter diameter asteroid; its diameter currently stands at 1,2 km and its depth is about 180m.

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1991 - ARIZONA - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - IMPACT - IMPACT CRATER - METEOR CRATER - STS-40 - USA -