Barringer Impact Crater: Stop 10

Panoramic Photo of the Barringer Impact Crater: We’ve made it to the southwest corner of Barringer Crater. In the Photo A below, the large blocks in the foreground and the hummocky hills beyond are all part of the ejecta blanket. The ruins on the right of the photo are the remains of an old school house. In Photo B above and below, if you look closely you can see the visitor center where we started from, and the Caretaker Trail, which we’ll be taking to get down inside the crater.

Photo A: View from the Crater Rim Looking to the Southwest
Photo: G. Osinski, Canadian Space Agency
Location: Below the southwest corner outside the impact crater
Scale: Width of the rocks in the foreground is approximately 1-2 meters
Photo B: Panoramic Photo of the Barringer Impact Crater
Photo: G. Osinski, Canadian Space Agency
Location: Southwest corner of the impact crater
Scale: Crater diameter is approximately 1.2 kilometers
Media:
Panorama of Barringer Impact Crater
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Distal Ejecta Blanket Below the Crater Rim
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