MetaFilter posts tagged with crater

The Door to Hell

homunculus — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:00:12 -0800

Armageddon's Deep Impact

blahblahblah — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:47:01 -0800

An interactive map of the 174 major meteor impact craters. The largest crater we know of is the Vredefort Dome in South Africa, caused by a meteor some 10 km in diameter. Almost as large in the Sudbury Structure, located in Ontario, which contains some of the world's richest nickel and copper reserves, and has been only confirmed recently to be a crater. Third largest is the now-famous Chicxulub crater in the Yucatan, which probably killed the dinosaurs. Then take a look at an animation of asteroids near Earth [animated gif] and the list of minor planets that could hit us. Want to find out what happens when an meteor impacts in your area? Use the handy Earth Impacts Effects Program!

Sleeping Under the Fishes?

Joey Michaels — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 17:46:38 -0800

A break in the strange case of Judge Joseph Crater. In 1930, Judge Crater, later dubbed "The Missingest Man In New York", stepped into a cab and was never seen again. He left behind a mourning wife and one of New York's most enduring mysteries. For 75 years, his disappearance has been the butt of many dumb jokes and also has been the subject of the occasional book.

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.

Eye in the Sky

thatwhichfalls — Mon, 17 Feb 2003 19:20:22 -0800

The Moon's Mare Orientale is one of the largest impact basins in the solar system. It is nearly circular, 700 miles across and concentrically ringed like a bullseye. In short, it looks like a giant eye, one third of the diameter of the moon itself and yet, because it is on the moons far side, it's never visible from the Earths surface. [more]

mkn — Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:20:53 -0800

The stuff from which Myth is made. A recent discovery of a meteor impact crater in the middle-east, dating around 2300BC, is shedding new light on the decline of many cultures and the rise of many legends.