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Visiting the Meteor Crater close to Flagstaff, Arizona

 

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If you drive east of Flagstaff on the I-40 for about 35 miles, you will find the exit sign for this meteor crater. Entry fee as of July 2008 is $15.00 per adult and it allows you to see the crater and visit the crater museum and gift shop.

50,000 years ago, a meteor that is only 45.7 meters or 150 feet in size formed this crater in Arizona that is 1.6 km or 1 mile across.

Along the crater rim, you will find walking paths so you are able to look down into the crater. It is not allowed to enter the crater itself, though.

When looking at the crater, it does not feel like you are even on this planet, but on a lunar landscape.

The area around the crater is unbelievably vast, flat and uninhabited. When standing on this dry desert landstace from a distance, you would not even imagine that the crater exists.

 

 


 

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