Meteor Craters

Australia's Impact Craters
Crater Types
Wolfe Creek, WA
Meteor Crater, Arizona
Gosse Bluff, NT
Lake Acraman, SA
Silverpit Crater, North Sea
Chicxulb Structure, Mexico
Asteroid Impact Simulation

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Terrestrial Impact Craters


Michael Gallagher
11th February 2004

Click here to view the moment of impact still.

NASA Artist's concept of a catastrophic asteroid impact with the Earth. Life near the impact would be instantly wiped out by high high temperatures and pressures. Injection of huge masses of dust and gases into the atmosphere would block out sunlight across the globe for an extended period and cause many of Earth's species to perish.

NASA Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards