METEOR CRATER 3
A few aerial views of Arizona's Meteor Crater, to complement our views from the ground
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METEOR CRATER 3 A few aerial views of Arizona's Meteor Crater, to complement our views from the ground |
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Aerial view of the Meteor Crater, looking northwest toward Flagstaff and San Francisco peak (on skyline), the stratovolcano above Flagstaff. The visitor center is on the far rim in this image, at the end of the road. Note the lumpy hills of imact ejecta surrounding the crater rim. Image courtesy of D. Roddy, USGS. |
Space Shuttle view of the meteor crater, sub image from that below. Image STS040-614-058, c/o Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. |
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Space Shuttle image of the Meteor Crater and surrounding plains of the Colorado Plateau. Canyon Diablo is the meandering stream course to the west (left) of the crater. Interstate 10 crosses the image 1/3 way down from the top, and goes through Winslow AZ, to the right (east). Image STS040-614-058 c/o Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center |
