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    Posted: 31-Jan-2007 at 12:30
What have been the most well known meteorites that have fallen (and created remarkable craters), and more exactly, how have they affected peoples' lives?



I can tell you for example, of Kaali crater on Saaremaa, Estonia; which is around 10,000 years old (plus, minus, a few thousand years). The crater was thought as a place where gods lived at and where people made sacrifices. (Although, I am not 100% sure in it all, but it was approximately like this).



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Australia has many meteor craters, over 20 in fact. There are a couple well-known ones which are truly monumental in size.
Wolf Creek: 900m across and the 'second most perfectly formed crater on earth'. Wolf Creek crater has a rim of about 25m, while the original deepest point is believed to be 150m. Used as a NASA training ground for getting a feel for moon craters. Located 130km south of Halls Creek, Northern Territory.
Gosse's Bluff: Penetrating almost 600m into the ground origninally, the meteorite that created Goose's Bluff has now completely disappeared and its remnants are a huge 22km diameter crater, and at first, a giant mushroom cloud extending 20km upwards!

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Barringer Crater, Arizona US- 1 mile wide, 570 ft. deep.  Impact- 50,000BP
 
 
 
                     
 
 
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Here are some images of Gosses Bluff (mentioned earlier):
 
 
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  Quote Ikki Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01-Feb-2007 at 05:12
Originally posted by Knights

Here are some images of Gosses Bluff (mentioned earlier):
 

 



Knights, is that in Australia?
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  Quote Knights Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01-Feb-2007 at 05:31
Yes it is Ikki, to be precise, 175km west of Alice Springs, Northern Territory. Pretty massive isn't it - just imagine the impact!
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  Quote rider Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01-Feb-2007 at 11:07
Wow! That IS something.

How high up in the air is that photo taken? The last one, Alex...
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  Quote red clay Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01-Feb-2007 at 17:32
Here's one of Wolfs Creek-
 
 
 
                     
 
1910' S, 127 48' E; rim diameter: 0.875 kilometers (.544 miles); age: 300,000 years
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  Quote red clay Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01-Feb-2007 at 17:42
Quebec, Canada-  This one's half the size of Chix.
 
 
                                       
    5123'N, 6842'W; rim diameter: ~100 kilometers (62 miles); age: 212 +- 1 million years
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