Comments on: Rocks from the sky

Rocks from the sky

ewagoner — Thu, 20 May 2004 11:04:20 -0800

Sure, you've seen pictures of Meteor Crater, Arizona, but are there any impact craters near you? Probably.

By: Ufez Jones

Ufez Jones — Thu, 20 May 2004 11:08:18 -0800

Sweet. Looks like the one closest to me has a 12.7 km diameter. Road Trip! Thanks ewagoner.

By: dirtylittlemonkey

dirtylittlemonkey — Thu, 20 May 2004 11:22:57 -0800

Cool the Chesapeake Bay is at least partially the result of a meteor... that's nifty trivia!

By: SisterHavana

SisterHavana — Thu, 20 May 2004 12:29:14 -0800

Oooh, there's one in Des Plaines. That's not far. : )

By: lalas

lalas — Thu, 20 May 2004 12:49:46 -0800

Just in case you haven't seen a picture: Meteor Crater, Arizona (self link)

By: Salmonberry

Salmonberry — Thu, 20 May 2004 13:13:03 -0800

I'm noting the west coast is eerily crater-free. Why don't we get any craters?

By: cardboard

cardboard — Thu, 20 May 2004 14:01:58 -0800

The mountains on the west coast of NA are young from a geological point of view and they have erased/obscured most of the cratering that happened before the mountains formed, like a snow plow running over snow angels.

By: Tenuki

Tenuki — Thu, 20 May 2004 14:35:24 -0800

I was wondering that also Salmonberry - Maybe it's all the Volcanos, or the west coast could be saving up for one big one...

By: Wulfgar!

Wulfgar! — Thu, 20 May 2004 15:16:41 -0800

To anybody who thinks the west coast has been ignored, you might want to take a good long look at this. I'll guarentee you, nothing alive ignored that bastard, nor should anything currently alive still ignore that it happened. *cough*Yellowstone Super Volcanoe*cough*

By: abcde

abcde — Thu, 20 May 2004 16:16:09 -0800

Based on that chart, it's probably more like a 50% chance than probably for most americans. I'm in Western MA and going to New York tomorrow, and I'd have to make a mighty big detour to get to a crater along the way ;)

By: whoshotwho

whoshotwho — Thu, 20 May 2004 22:12:35 -0800

Wow, I just noticed that the creek I live on the bank of (number 15 in the North America map) has an impact crater named after it!