Dad and I went to visit the Meteor Crater Visitor Center, located outside of Flagstaff, when he was here awhile ago. A piece of an asteroid slammed into Earth approximately 50,000 years ago and the crater, which, according to their website, is 550 feet deep, one mile across, and 2.4 miles in circumference, is a result of that collision. A word of caution - be sure to wear (or at least bring along) a pair of closed toed shoes as you will not be allowed to go on the short hike around a portion of the crater if you are wearing sandals.
For the usual information, you can visit their website here -
Here's a link to an interesting video titled "B612 Foundation Ed Lu Movie at Meteor Crater" -
The video contains information about the crater in Arizona, including an arial view of it, and information on asteroids in general, including ways to deflect pieces that have broken off.
On the way out to the crater.
We were able to take a short hike around the crater. I took this picture, looking down into the crater, while on that hike.
This is a shot of the surrounding area.
I don't recall what exactly this structure is, but we came upon it during the short hike around the crater.
This reads - "The Holsinger Meteorite is the largest discovered fragment of the 150-foot (45-meter) meteor that created Meteor Crater."
This is a water pipe used when searching for the meteorite.
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