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Meteor Crater
All photographs taken by Kenneth A. Larson. All rights reserved. © 2010 - 2012.| Meteor Crater, east of Flagstaff, Arizona, is a natural wonder. See it yourself. More text is coming. |
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| The road to the crater. | |
 Approaching. |
 Road to the crater as seen from the rim. |
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| Views of the crater floor with edges of rim in foreground. | |
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| Crater and closer view of floor at right. | |
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| Crater floor. Left view shows mine toward center right and left view shows large bolders. | |
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| Lower rim of crater. | |
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| Crater floor and top of the rim. The bolder at left is quite large. | |
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| Crater rim. Northwest at left, southwest at right. | |
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| Large bolders, on side at left and rim at right. | |
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| Large ares of crater wall, north and northeast side. | |
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| Large ares of crater wall, southeast and southwest sides (left and right). | |
 West rim and observation platform. |
 Northeast side of crater. |
 Center of crater. |
 Southwest side of crater with observation platform. |
 Center of crater. |
 Intrusion of different rock exposed by the crater. |
 West rim and observation platform. |
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| The mine was a good idea based on what little was known about the crater at the time. | |
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| There was not a large chunk of iron below the crater as hoped. | |
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| The mine did not recover significant amounts of iron. | |
 This small mine site is larger than it looks. |
 This telescope shows a life-size astronaut figure beside the mine. |
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| Large rock structures at the top of the rim. | |
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| Views of the north and east rim. | |
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| Views of the sout hand west rim. | |
 West rim. |
 Southeast rim. |
 Top of rim. |
 Top edge of rim. |
 Top of rim and looking east. |
 Looking east. |
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| Top of rim looking down. | |
 Bebris from earlier times on the crater floor. |
 Spotting scope looking at a drill site. |
 Spotting scope looking at a large bolder. |
 Old pipeline into crater. |
 Trail to bottom, not open to the public. |
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| Rocky top of crater rim. | |
 Texture on a rock. |
 Larger texture. |
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| Ruins of the first museum. | |
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| Ruins of the first museum. | |
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| Ruins of the first museum. | |
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| Ruins of the first museum. | |
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| Ruins of the first museum. | |
 Ruins of the first museum. |
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| What looks like a mine is actually a storage area. | |
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| Visitor Center from the trail. | |
 Visitor Center from the trail. |
 Visitor Center from one of the observation platforms. |
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| Interior views of the museum at the Visitor Center. | |
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| Interior views of the museum at the Visitor Center. | |
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| Interior views of the museum at the Visitor Center. | |
 This meteorite was stolen and later returned. |
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| Courtyard of the Visitor Center. | |
 Courtyard of the Visitor Center. |
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| Almost impossible to see, the Astronaut Trail lead Astronauts in training to the crater floor. | |
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| Apollo training capsule. | |
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| America's Astronaut Wall of Fame listing names of US Astronauts. At center (right image) is Judith A. Resnik, lost on the Challenger. | |
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| There are several observation platforms. | |
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| There are several observation platforms. | |
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| Observation platform. | |
 Dust dvil as seen from the crater rim. |
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This page last updated: Tuesday, 24-Aug-2010 00:41:46 EDT
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