No this isn't #marbeled #meat, but a false color image of an #impactcrater in #canada caught on #camera by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 #satellite.

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Dinosaurian extinction—asteroid impact or volcanic activity? New research in #GSABulletin concludes that volcanism and resulting environmental degradation was the primary cause.

Read the full article: geosociety.co/4r1VG41
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Image: Figure 4 from the paper.

China's 900 Metre Impact Crater Rewrites Recent History Scientists have discovered a 900 metre wide impact crater in southern China, the largest modern meteorite scar on Earth. The Jinlin crater triples the size of the previous record holder and suggests that...

China's 900 Metre Impact Crater Rewrites Recent History #Science #EarthSciences #Geology #ImpactCrater #SpaceScience

The world’s oldest impact crater could be in our backyard | Particle A meteorite slammed into WA billions of years ago. Or did it?

A meteorite slammed into WA billions of years ago. Or did it?

Kate Holmes investigates.

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#meteorite #impactcrater #westernaustralia

Study Confirms Silverpit Crater as 50-Million-Year-Old Impact

Study confirms Silverpit, 130 km off Britain, is a 50‑million‑year‑old impact crater from a 160‑m asteroid, forming a 1‑km‑deep, 3‑km‑wide hole and >100‑m tsunami. Read more: getnews.me/study-confirms-silverpit... #silverpit #impactcrater

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The Search for Australia's Hidden Impact Crater A team of scientists in south Australia have discovered tiny pieces of glass that tell the story of a catastrophic event that happened 11 million years ago, an asteroid impact so massive it should have...

The Search for Australia's Hidden Impact Crater #Science #EarthSciences #Geology #ImpactCrater #SpaceScience

various sausages on display in a butchery. Most sausages are cut open, showing internal fabrics. In the center are two Brühwurst-type sausages that resemble "breccia", a particular kind of rock. These sausages contain boiled pieces of meat resembling angular clasts in a matrix-supported breccia.

The iconic church tower (colloquially named "Daniel") of St. Georgskirche in Nördlingen, Bavaria, seen from southwest in the late afternoon sun. The facade of the tower is sun-lit and appearing with a yellowish glow. This creates a strong contrast against the blue sky forming the background. The entire church is erected from a local type of rock termed "Suevite". Suevite is a term for a particular breccia formed during meteorite impacts; it was first described in the Nördlingen Ries crater.

Final impressions from our #Nördlingen #Ries #impactcrater course: (1) local Brühwurst-type sausages with clastic fabric resembling #Suevite, (2) tower of the St. Georgskirche built using the local #Suevite impact breccia. #geosciences #planetaryscience @uni-jena.de

Lake-filled impact crater in Africa transforms into a giant silver 'mirror' via rare phenomenon — Earth from space A 2024 astronaut photo shows a rare

Lake-filled impact crater in Africa transforms into a giant silver 'mirror' via rare phenomenon — Earth from space #Science #EarthSciences #Geology #ImpactCrater #EarthFromSpace

Ghana has a rare treasure, a crater made when a meteor hit Earth: why it needs to be protected The Bosumtwi impact crater in Ghana is well preserved, making it a hotspot for space research.

"The Bosumtwi impact crater in Ghana is different, however. It is well preserved; a well-defined, near-circular basin, filled by a lake, surrounded by a prominent crater rim that rises above the surface of the lake and an outer circular plateau."
☄️🌄🌅 #ImpactCrater #Ghana #Research #Geology #Space

Cubic zirconia only forms under extreme temperatures, like those produced when an asteroid impacts Earth
#CubicZirconia #AsteroidImpact #MeteorCrater #Geology #NaturalZirconia #ExtremeHeat #ImpactCrater #Zircon #Minerals #NaturalPhenomena #RareMinerals
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It's now been over 2 months since we updated Impact Crater and Grand Plains. How are you finding the changes? Have you found any secret spots so far in this location?

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Study raises major questions about Earth's 'oldest' impact crater Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest — but an independent analysis shows they might be off by at least 800 million years.

Study raises major questions about Earth's 'oldest' impact crater #Science #EarthSciences #Geology #ImpactCrater #EarthScience

New Data from a Round, Deep Basin in the Russian Heartland: The Smerdyachee Basin as a Prospective Impact Crater <p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d7946208e187">We studied a proposed impact site: the circular Smerdyachee Basin. This consists of Lake Smerdyachee in its center, which is ~255 m in diameter. The lake is surrounded by a continuous raised rim, ~409 m in diameter (range: 404–414 m). To the SE, we found a 3% Ni spherule inside a Ni-rich rock along with scattered angular Paleozoic rock fragments 10 to 30 cm in diameter. The latter appear only on one third of the rim and come from at least 40 m depth. These features – a continuous raised rim, Ni-bearing rocks, and asymmetrical excavation of basement rocks – are typically associated with impact craters. Modeling suggests the basin formed from the impact of an iron meteorite ~ 18 m wide that produced minimal shock melting or projectile vaporization. Fragments of a hypothetical iron meteorite should lie within a 179 by 126 m ellipse under Lake Smerdyachee. In the future, retrieval of projectile fragments and subsequent microprobe analyses of their composition would constitute more compelling evidence for an impact origin. </p>

'New Data from a Round, Deep Basin in the Russian Heartland: The Smerdyachee Basin as a Prospective Impact Crater' - an 'Airbursts and Cratering Impacts' research article on #ScienceOpen:

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View of St. Georg Church with its famous tower (colloquially named "Daniel") overlooking the town of Nördlingen in SW Germany. The town sits in the middle of a Miocene meteorite impact crater, lending it its name. View from Riegelberg towards NNW. The NW part of the outer crater ring can be seen in the background. Photo: K. Ustaszewski, 2022

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A close-up grayscale image of a double-ringed impact basin on Mercury, captured by the MESSENGER spacecraft. The inner floor of the basin is unusually smooth compared to the rough terrain surrounding it, prompting speculation about its formation—possibly through volcanic activity or impact melt. The image shows the basin's intricate details, with smaller craters scattered across its surface and the surrounding landscape.

Astronomy Picture from 07/10/2009

A Double Ringed Basin on Mercury

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091007.html


#MercuryMystery #DoubleRingBasin #MESSENGERMission #PlanetaryScience #ImpactCrater #VolcanicActivity #SpaceExploration #Astronomy #Cosmology #SolarSystem

We're starting to think our shimmies may have attracted the asteroid instead.....whoops!

#PathofTitans #PoT #dinosaurs #impactcrater #grandplains #communityserver #casualsurvival #pathoftitanscommunityserver

Close-up view of Saturn's moon Mimas, showcasing its prominent Herschel crater, a massive impact feature. The image, captured by the Cassini spacecraft, highlights subtle color variations on the surface, potentially indicating differences in composition. The contrast-enhanced false-color image reveals the crater's unique characteristics and the heavily cratered surrounding terrain.

Astronomy Picture from 13/08/2022

Herschel Crater on Mimas

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220813.html


#Mimas #SaturnMoon #HerschelCrater #Cassini #SpaceExploration #ImpactCrater #SolarSystem #PlanetaryScience #Astronomy #Cosmology #NASA #SpaceImage #FalseColor

Close-up mosaic of Hokusai crater on Mercury, showcasing its central peaks, terraced walls, and impact melt. Captured by the MESSENGER spacecraft before its planned impact on April 30th, 2011. The image reveals the details of this 114km diameter crater.

Astronomy Picture from 18/04/2015

The Great Crater Hokusai

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150418.html


#MercuryMESSENGER #HokusaiCrater #PlanetaryScience #SpaceExploration #SolarSystem #ImpactCrater #MESSENGERMission #Astronomy #Cosmology #SpaceImage

Close-up mosaic of Hokusai crater on Mercury, showcasing its central peaks, terraced walls, and impact melt. Imaged by the MESSENGER spacecraft before its planned impact on April 30th, 2011. The crater is 114km in diameter.

Astronomy Picture from 18/04/2015

The Great Crater Hokusai

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150418.html


#Mercury #HokusaiCrater #MESSENGER #PlanetaryScience #SpaceExploration #AstroPhotography #ImpactCrater #SolarSystem #NASA

False-color infrared image of a newly discovered impact crater on Jupiter's moon Europa. The crater, near the image's center, shows a light red ring around a dark core (approx. 29 km diameter). Red indicates relatively pure water ice, while blue suggests other minerals. This is only one of seven comparably sized craters found on Europa, suggesting frequent surface resurfacing. The dark core may contain remnants of the impacting body. Europa's icy crust potentially hides a subsurface ocean.

Astronomy Picture from 14/07/2000

Crater On Ice

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap000714.html


#Europa #JupiterMoon #ImpactCrater #GalileoSpacecraft #RareCrater #IcyMoon #OceanWorld #Astrology #SpaceExploration #NASA #PlanetaryScience #InfraredImage

Aerial view of the Barringer Meteorite Crater in Arizona, a 1-mile-wide impact crater formed approximately 50,000 years ago by a nickel-iron meteor. The image is a color stereo anaglyph; view with red/blue glasses for a 3D effect showing the crater's depth. This crater is one of the best-preserved impact craters on Earth, offering a window into planetary impact events.

Astronomy Picture from 23/06/2007

3D Barringer Meteorite Crater

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070623.html


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A stunning view of the Copernicus crater on the Moon, captured by the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. The image showcases the crater's impressive size and the radiating rays of ejected material, a testament to a colossal impact nearly a billion years ago. The rough lunar surface surrounding the crater is also clearly visible.

Astronomy Picture from 13/05/2001

Crater Copernicus

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010513.html


#MoonCrater #CopernicusCrater #Apollo17 #LunarSurface #SpaceExploration #NASA #MoonMission #CelestialBody #ImpactCrater #LunarGeology

Close-up grayscale image of Ganymede's surface, showcasing a 32km diameter half-circle impact crater intersected by a linear crater chain. The incomplete circle suggests resurfacing after the initial impact event, prompting questions about Ganymede's geological history. The image reveals a complex surface with numerous smaller craters and linear features.

Astronomy Picture from 09/12/1997

Mysterious Features on Ganymede

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap971209.html


#Ganymede #JupiterMoon #LunarGeology #ImpactCrater #SpaceExploration #PlanetaryScience #Astronomy #Cosmology #Science

Earth's oldest impact crater was just found in Australia—exactly where geologists hoped it would be We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The crater formed more than 3.5 billion years ago, making it the oldest kn...

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Earth’s Oldest Impact Crater Discovered in Australia Scientists with a new theory about how Earth’s early continents formed predicted where a superold impact crater should be—then found it

Earth’s Oldest Impact Crater Discovered in Australia #Science #EarthSciences #Geology #ImpactCrater

A stunning high-resolution mosaic of the Mare Orientale impact basin on the Moon's far side. This multi-ring structure, resembling a bullseye, is over 600 miles across and showcases the results of a massive asteroid impact billions of years ago. The image, from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's Wide Angle Camera, reveals intricate details of the basin's concentric rings and partially lava-filled interior, a testament to the Moon's dynamic geological history.

Astronomy Picture from 12/03/2011

Mare Orientale

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110312.html


#MareOrientale #LunarImpactBasin #MoonGeology #SpaceExploration #LunarReconnaissanceOrbiter #LRO #ImpactCrater #MultiRingBasin #Astronomy #Cosmology

A Paleoarchaean impact crater in the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia - Nature Communications Shatter cones in rocks in the Pilbara craton provide unequivocal evidence for oldest known impact crater on Earth, which struck 3.5 billion years ago.

A Paleoarchaean #ImpactCrater in the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia: www.nature.com/articles/s41... -> "we report the discovery of shatter cones in a complex, dominantly metasedimentary layer, the Antarctic Creek Member (ACM)".

World's oldest impact crater may be linked to the origins of life Researchers found the world’s oldest impact crater in Western Australia. The crater was created by a massive meteorite impact.

World’s oldest impact crater may be linked to the origins of life: Researchers found the world’s oldest impact crater in Western Australia. The crater was created by a massive meteorite impact.

#ImpactCrater #OriginsOfLife #Astrobiology #Geology #EarthHistory #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth

Massive and Oldest Known Impact Crater Redefines How Life Started on Earth The high-speed collision may have played a role in forming continents, reshaping land, and creating conditions necessary for early life.

Massive and Oldest Known Impact Crater Redefines How Life Started on Earth #Science #EarthSciences #Geology #ImpactCrater #OriginOfLife #EarthScience