[Rockhounds] Meteor crater: The impact crater that keeps on giving

[Peter Richards]

Also that it managed to land right in the middle of that crater!
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R. Peter Richards, Ph.D.
rpr at heidelberg.edu
Morphological Crystallographer

> On Sep 24, 2022, at 12:23 PM, <gbrown at catspaw-minerals.com> <gbrown at catspaw-minerals.com> wrote:
> 
> Isn't it amazing the way the meteor came down and JUST MISSED hitting the
> visitor's center!  
> 
> GcB
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rockhounds <rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com> On Behalf Of
> Alan Silverstein
> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2022 12:58 PM
> To: rockhounds at rockhounds.drizzle.com
> Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Meteor crater: The impact crater that keeps on
> giving
> 
>> https://linklock.titanhq.com/analyse?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.space.com%2Fmeteor-crater-hole-from-space-lunar-surface&data=eJx1jL0OwiAURp-mbJfQn1QXBhPT-AiuCNRWgdtcQJI-vaSTi8m3nHwnR8uxNcO5U2NvxKljRhLq94I5mMgNrfvuLNfomZetv08zXsWtfX1YlM8HYQnNILRKcVMF_BosKRcPnX461fkTzXJJaYtNf2m6qa6UwmtLH29lb5NFAk0qWYIFnYWZ0MPhgMtBEcRMc6UvimtHjQ%%
> 
> Fun read, thanks.  Brings back memories from decades ago when I first
> visited the crater and was able to hike around the rim, clockwise I think.
> It plays games with your mind because there's continuously this big open pit
> to one side of you that seems to rotate as you "stand still".
> 
> Years later I paid the entry fee again, and was able to circle the rim
> again, but in the other direction.  It took about 1.5 hours again.
> 
> And years after that, passing through the area, I wanted to hike the rim
> once more.  I talked with them at length, and the answer was a firm "NO"...
> "for insurance reasons."  You can't pay more, you can't sign a waiver, you
> just can't do that any more!  Sad.
> 
> Oh well, on my first outing around the rim I picked up a small chunk of
> weathered sandstone that I labeled, put visibly on a shelf, and still enjoy
> seeing.  Even realizing full well that the rim has weathered down something
> like 50' (if I recall right) from when the crater first formed.  So this
> blob was violently involved, but probably not exposed at the time.
> 
> Cheers,
> Alan Silverstein
> 
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