Meteor Crater, near Winslow, Arizona, USA, is arguably the best-known impact crater in the world. It is almost 4000 feet across and nearly 500 feet deep. A rim wall around the crater stands an impressive 150 feet above the surrounding plain. A Visitors Center (and attendant caravan park) on the north rim attracts thousands of visitors per year. Apollo astronauts trained at the crater and it has been designated a National Natural Landmark.
Some 1300 miles northeast of Winslow is another impact crater near Manson, Iowa. This crater absolutely dwarfs the one in Arizona. It is nearly twenty two miles in diameter and over three miles deep. But no one goes to see the Manson crater - there's no visitors center, no souvenir shops, no museum, no nothing. Of course, this crater is rather inconveniently buried under some 300 feet of glacial till, which may account for it not getting a lot of attention from the general public.
Stupid glaciers.
Boru
Some 1300 miles northeast of Winslow is another impact crater near Manson, Iowa. This crater absolutely dwarfs the one in Arizona. It is nearly twenty two miles in diameter and over three miles deep. But no one goes to see the Manson crater - there's no visitors center, no souvenir shops, no museum, no nothing. Of course, this crater is rather inconveniently buried under some 300 feet of glacial till, which may account for it not getting a lot of attention from the general public.
Stupid glaciers.
Boru
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