Our last official diversion on the way home was Meteor Crater. <\/p>\n

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Meteor Crater was formed about 50,000 years ago when a meteor approximately 50-yards in width smashed into the Arizona desert at somewhere between 30-50k miles per hour. The crater, which was formed in less than ten seconds, is 4,000 feet in diameter. Scientists originally thought the crater was part of a dormant volcano. It 1903, Daniel M. Barringer was the first to suggest that the crater was the result of a meteor impact. Barringer’s theory was not confirmed until 1960 by American geologist Gene Shoemaker.<\/p>\n

Most of the meteor was vaporized upon impact. What’s left is on display. This chunk weighs around 1,400 pounds.<\/p>\n

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For those who want to spend the time and money, you can hike down to the bottom of the crater. We instead chose to pose in front of a picture of the crater and take pictures there. Seemed easier.<\/p>\n

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Oh yeah, the crater. It looks like this:<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately I left my SD memory card in the car, so the only camera I had at my disposal was my iPhone. <\/p>\n

As we pulled out of Meteor Crater, the sun was setting to our backs and I snapped one last picture before hitting I-40 one last time. We made it to Albuquerque Thursday night, had lunch with friends there on Friday, and pushed through to make it back to our own beds Friday evening.<\/p>\n

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