Shoemaker Crater, Australia
From series “Largest Meteorite Craters on Earth”
The Shoemaker crater located in Australia was formed over 1 630 million years ago. It's among the largest and most amazing impact craters of the planet. The unusual geological structure formed as a ring has been discovered by researchers as early as the mid-20th century. In 1974, the first hypothesis about its meteoric origin has been put forward. The crater was named after the famous American geologist, Eugene Shoemaker, who was the founder of the special scientific field, astrogeology.
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