Huge crater in Sahara shows up on satellite images
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A 19-mile (31 kilometers) wide crater in the Saharan desert has shown up on satellite images and has been discovered by scientists at the Boston University. The crater, which is located in Egypt, is the largest one discovered in Sahara Desert and is huge when compared to the Meteor Crater in Arizona, which is only about 1.2 kilometers wide.
This particular crater was created by the impact of a space rock or meteor that measured about 0.75 miles wide. Expectedly this impact must have been quite a shock for hundreds of miles in the surrounding area. To gauge the impact, it may be recalled that the Chicxulub crater, which is thought to have ended the dinosaur era on Earth, was about 100 to 150 miles (160 to 240 kilometers) wide.
A 19-mile (31 kilometers) wide crater in the Saharan desert has shown up on satellite images and has been discovered by scientists at the Boston University. The crater, which is located in Egypt, is the largest one discovered in Sahara Desert and is huge when compared to the Meteor Crater in Arizona, which is only about 1.2 kilometers wide.This particular crater was created by the impact of a space rock or meteor that measured about 0.75 miles wide. Expectedly this impact must have been quite a shock for hundreds of miles in the surrounding area. To gauge the impact, it may be recalled that the Chicxulub crater, which is thought to have ended the dinosaur era on Earth, was about 100 to 150 miles (160 to 240 kilometers) wide.
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