[meteorite-list] Viewing Gosses Bluff From Space (Impact Crater)

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Sep 24 17:17:12 2004
Message-ID: <200409242012.NAA20622_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.astronomy.com/default.aspx?c=ga&id=99&aid=2473

[Image]

Viewing Gosses Bluff from space
astronomy.com

Gosses Bluff is one of the most significant impact structures in the
world. Located in Northern Territory, Australia, the crater has been
largely preserved in the dry, lightly vegetated region. Gosses Bluff was
probably formed by the impact of a large comet or meteorite about 142
million years ago.

This perspective view was created by draping a false-color composite
image over a digital elevation model. These data were acquired by the
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection radiometer (ASTER)
instrument aboard the Terra satellite on October 11, 2003.
Received on Fri 24 Sep 2004 04:12:05 PM PDT