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Chiyli Crater, Kazakhstan
Published January 31, 2010
Acquired October 10, 2007, this false-color image shows Chiyli Crater in western Kazakhstan. Vegetation appears red, and clings primarily to riverbanks near the crater. Sunlight illuminates south-facing slopes, including the central peak of the crater.
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Tabun Khara Obo, Mongolia
Published September 8, 2009
Acquired on August 28, 2009, this true-color image shows the Tabun Khara Obo in southeastern Mongolia. Sunlight shines from the southeast, leaving the crater’s northern and western slopes in shadow.
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El’gygytgyn Crater, Russian Far East
Published December 14, 2008
Russia’s Lake El’gygytgyn rests inside a 3.6-millon-year-old meteorite crater, and preserves the longest continuous climate record in the Arctic.
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Nicholson Crater, Canada
Published March 23, 2008
Some 400 million years ago, a meteor struck Earth in what is now Canada’s Northwest Territories. The 12.5-kilometer- (7.8-mile-) wide crater is now Nicholson Lake, one of many small lakes that dot the sub-arctic, glacier-scoured landscape.
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Wolfe Creek Crater
Published February 24, 2008
Wolfe Creek Crater is the second largest crater in the world from which meteorite fragments have been collected. Because of its excellent preservation, the crater clearly shows the classic features that result from a large meteorite striking the Earth.
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Pingualuit Crater, Canada
Published February 10, 2008
Pingualuit Crater holds a lake about 267 meters (876 feet) deep. Because this lake has no connection to any other water body, inflows from other lakes cannot contaminate Pingualuit’s sediments.
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