Iceland --- Viti volcanic crater lake --- Image by © Image Source/Corbis
Late-afternoon view from Greeley Haven into Endeavor Crater, a 14-mile-wide crater on Meridiani Planum near the Martian equator. As this book went to press, rover Opportunity was wintering here, parked and tilted toward the sun. Mosaic composite photograph. Opportunity Rover, January 20, 2012 --- Image by © NASA/JPL-Caltech/Michael Benson/Kinetikon Pictures/Corbis
19 Aug 2011 --- Aerial view of Mount St Helens crater with Mount Adams behind, Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington --- Image by © Kevin Schafer/Minden Pictures/Corbis
Daphne Major, Ecuador --- Crater, Daphne Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador --- Image by © D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook/Minden Pictures/Corbis
Iceland --- Elevated view of craters Skaftahraun, Iceland --- Image by © Henn Photography/Corbis
December 1985, Arizona, USA --- Aerial view of Arizona's Meteor Crater under a rare blanket of snow. The crater was formed by the impact of a large meteor about 50,000 years ago. --- Image by © Jonathan Blair/Corbis
1998, Australia --- Gosse's Bluff meteorite impact crater in Tnorala Conservation Reserve in the Central Desert area of the Northern Territory, Australia. --- Image by © Frans Lanting/Corbis
Arizona, USA --- Artist's concept of Meteor Crater, Arizona, USA. --- Image by © Rhys Taylor/Stocktrek Images/Corbis
Barringer Crater, also known as “Meteor Crater,” is a 1,300-meter (0.8 mile) diameter, 174-meter (570-feet) deep hole in the flat-lying desert sandstones 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) west of Winslow, Arizona. Since the 1890s geologic studies here played a leading role in developing an understanding of impact processes on the Earth, the moon and elsewhere in the solar system. It shows the crater much as a lunar crater might appear through a telescope. Morning sun illumination is from the southeast (lower right). The prominent gully meandering across the scene is known as Canyon Diablo. It drains northward toward the Little Colorado River and eventually to the Grand Canyon.
29 Jan 1998, Arizona, USA --- Meteor Crater. Aerial view of Meteor Crater, near Winslow in northeast Arizona, USA. It is also called the Barringer Crater, after the mining engineer who first suggested that it was formed by a meteor impact. It is about 50,000 years old and is about 200 metres deep and 800 metres across. Several attempts to mine the iron-rich material of the meteor were made before a visitor centre was built in the 1960's. Two new minerals - coesite and stishovite - were identified here; both are forms of silica created at high temperatures and pressures. In recent years the crater has been used for astronaut training & studies in planet comparison. --- Image by © David Parker/Science Photo Library/Corbis
Iceland --- Lakagigar, volcanic crater --- Image by © Image Source/Corbis
2009, Oregon, USA --- USA, Oregon, Crater Lake --- Image by © Gary J Weathers/Tetra Images/Corbis
19 Aug 2011 --- Aerial view of Mount St Helens crater with Mt Adams and Hood behind, Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington --- Image by © Kevin Schafer/Minden Pictures/Corbis
Formica Léo, a small ash crater at the Piton de la Fournaise volcano, cooled lava flow, Piton de la Fournaise, La Réunion, Reunion, Africa --- Image by © Stefan Auth/imageBROKER/Corbis
10 Jun 2005, Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, USA --- Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve, Idaho. USA. Single limber pine (Pinus flexilis) growing in crater. --- Image by © Scott Smith/Corbis
Winslow, Arizona, USA --- Meteor Crater --- Image by © Bryan Allen/CORBIS
Namibia --- Roter Kamm, a 5 million year old meteorite crater is raked by wind and sand in the remote diamond mining area of SW Namibia. It is strictly forbidden for anyone to enter the diamond mining district, and this has left this 2.5 km wide and 300m deep impact crater in pristine condition. --- Image by © George Steinmetz/Corbis
Digital Image by Sean Locke Digital Planet Design www.digitalplanetdesign.com
29 Jan 1998, Arizona, USA --- Meteor Crater. Aerial view of Meteor Crater, near Winslow in northeast Arizona, USA. It is also called the Barringer Crater, after the mining engineer who first suggested that it was formed by a meteor impact. It is about 50,000 years old and is about 200 metres deep and 800 metres across. Several attempts to mine the iron-rich material of the meteor were made before a visitor centre was built in the 1960's. Two new minerals - coesite and stishovite - were identified here; both are forms of silica created at high temperatures and pressures. In recent years the crater has been used for astronaut training & studies in planet comparison. --- Image by © David Parker/Science Photo Library/Corbis
10 Oct 1986, Arizona, USA --- Landsat 1 photograph of the Manicouagan Reservoir, a circular depression some 66 kilometres (41 miles) wide located in east-central Quebec, Canada. Believed to be a meteorite crater, the depression - in this view covered with ice - now serves as a water reservoir for a hydroelectric power station located in the bottom third of the picture. --- Image by © Science Photo Library/Corbis