Arizona crater

The Arizona crater is a huge footprint left by a fallen meteorite. It is located in the U.S. state of Arizona. The crater attracts many tourists, although it is not the largest on the whole planet, but from all the craters, it has been preserved the best. The crater also has a name - Devil's canyon.

This natural landmark is presented in the form of a huge bowl with a diameter of 1200 m and a depth of at least 180 m.

Scientists have established that the Arizona crater appeared here approximately 50 thousand years ago, as a result of a meteorite falling to Earth, the size of which exceeded 50 meters. According to the researchers, this huge object, weighing approximately 300 thousand tons, landed at a speed of 45-60 thousand km per hour.

Previously, it was believed that an active volcano served as the basis for the formation of this crater, but in 1902, a specialist from Philadelphia put forward the claim that this huge crater in the earth's crust arose as a result of a collision with a meteorite. The scientist spent 26 years trying to find the meteorite itself. To do this, he acquired a plot of land here and began drilling. The researcher never got to the meteorite, but, nevertheless, his efforts were taken into account, as the statement was confirmed by one of the world's main experts on comets and meteorites, Eugene Shoemaker.

Tourists are always interested in such places, which are full of secrets and legends. Here, at the very edge of the crater, there is a museum where visitors can see photographs on this topic. It's easy to believe that these photos were taken not near the building itself, where they are being stored, but actually have a "lunar" origin.

The Arizona Crater is an amazing natural attraction throughout the state of Arizona, which is visited by a large number of tourists. To increase the number of visitors, locals have many different stories about the area, including UFOs, as well as anomalies in the center of the crater itself.