Barringer Meteorite Crater to RE-OPEN Thursday May 21, 2020!

Planetary Science
Written By Greg Schicker-Taubman

AZ Big Media image of viewing the Barringer Meteor Crater

Did you know that Arizona is home to one of Conde Nast Traveller’s Seven Wonders of the World 2020? Arizona’s Meteor Crater is an awe-inspiring meteor impact site that is over a mile wide and 550 feet deep. It will now once again be open to adventurers and space enthusiasts from all over the world. Meteor Crater has announced it will reopen the attraction on May 21, after being temporarily closed due to the coronavirus.

Sixty-one thousand years ago space and earth came together when a meteor impacted the desert with a force 150 times greater than an atomic bomb. It took just 10 seconds and Meteor Crater was formed. This world-class attraction features a Discovery Center, COLLISION an immersive 4D experience theater, and an Apollo space capsule. But the star of this attraction is the Crater. Read More AZBigMedia article

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