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• Good Sam Rating: /10*/10 SEE THE BEST METEOR CRATER ON EARTH Visit the best preserved meteor crater impact site on earth! RV park guests receive coupons for Meteor Crater admission, plus coupons for food and other area attractions. A great location for overnight or exploring the area.

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• Meteor Crater is located 35 miles east of Flagstaff, Arizona, at Exit on Interstate The Visitor Center is open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. from Memorial Day to September 15, and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. the rest of the year. Admission is $22 for adults, $20 for seniors age 60 and older, and $13 for children ages 6 .

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• Meteor Crater is the spectacular result of a collision that rocked the American Southwest approximately 50, years ago with the energy of more than 20 million tons of TNT. Situated under the wide skies of the Arizona High Desert, Meteor Crater offers an interactive educational experience for the entire family in a beautiful, natural setting.

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• Jun 27,  · Meteor Crater is the spectacular result of a collision that rocked the American Southwest approximately 50, years ago with the energy of more than 20 million tons of TNT.

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• For certain rocks within about a mile from Meteor Crater, the rock layers are upside-down. For most craters like this, you won’t find an iron core because the meteorite basically vaporizes upon impact with the force of (sometimes many) nuclear bombs. That’s what causes the crater and why the craters are circular instead of angled/oval.

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• Impact mechanics at Meteor Crater, Arizona. Meteor Crator is a bowl-shaped depression encompassed by a rim composed chiefly of debris stacked in layers of different composition. Original bedrock stratigraphy is preserved, inverted, in the debris. The debris rests on older disturbed strata, which are turned up at moderate to steep angles in the.

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• Jan 08,  · Massive meteor crater found that covered 10% of Earth in debris. Duration: 1/8/ Scientists knew a meteor hit Earth about , years .

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• Meteor Crater is the result of a collision between a piece of an asteroid traveling at 26, miles per hour and planet Earth approximately 50, years ago. A force greater than 20 million tons of TNT throwing more than million tons of earth and rock out.

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• Jan 25,  · Meteor Crater (also known as Barringer Crater) on Earth is only 50, years old. Even so, it’s unusually well preserved in the arid climate of the Colorado Plateau. Meteor Crater formed from the impact of an iron-nickel asteroid about 46 meters ( feet) across.

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