barringer – Irreverent Outcrop https://irreverentoutcrop.com Travel stories with mild geo-flavor Wed, 25 Sep 2024 22:41:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://irreverentoutcrop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-logo-temp-01-1-2-32x32.png barringer – Irreverent Outcrop https://irreverentoutcrop.com 32 32 Barringer Crater and Canyon Diablo Meteorite https://irreverentoutcrop.com/barringer-crater-and-canyon-diablo-meteorite/ https://irreverentoutcrop.com/barringer-crater-and-canyon-diablo-meteorite/#respond Sun, 25 Aug 2024 00:41:50 +0000 https://irreverentoutcrop.com/?p=844 Read more]]> When we were going back to Phoenix from the Grand Canyon, we turned east in Flagstaff and took a 45 minutes detour to visit the Barringer Meteor Crater (a.k.a. Meteor Crater Natural Landmark). This is the most well-preserved meteor crater in the world and the first confirmed impact crater on Earth caused by an extraterrestrial collision. The meteorite that created this crater 50,000…

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