Earth?s Meteor Craters

Earth?s geologic record shows that our planet has been bombarded by dozens of meteoroids in the past 400 million years alone. Take a look at some of the most stunning meteor craters on Earth. 

Here are some great pictures of some Meteor craters, Click each thumbnail to see the full size picture, then use your Web browser's Back button to return to this page.

The Barringer Meteorite Crater 

The Barringer Meteorite Crater (also called "Meteor Crater") in Arizona is almost 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) wide and 570 feet (174 meters) deep. Originally thought to be of volcanic origin, it was later discovered that the crater was formed by a meteorite just 50,000 years ago ? not very long by geologic standards. 

The Wolf Creek Crater

Similar to the Barringer crater in the U.S., the Wolf Creek crater (located in north-central Australia), is young and well-preserved. With a rim that tops out at 82 feet (25 meters) from ground level, this crater was carved out only about 300,000 years ago. 

The Bosumtwi Crater

In this cloud-obscured image you can see the rim of Bosumtwi crater, located in western Africa. Water fills most of the Bosumtwi crater, which is about 6.5 miles (10.4 kilometers) in diameter and 1.3 million years old.