In which we go to the Meteor Crater

The Meteor Crater near Winslow, Arizona. An actual destination! And possibly one of the most interesting places to visit on the planet.

Here we are with the Holsinger Meteorite, which is the largest discovered fragment of the 150-foot iron-nickel meteor that created the meteor crater 50,000 years ago.

Before we went out to view the actual crater, we explored the Discovery Center and watched a movie about how the crater was formed. I think that seeing the computer simulation of the impact helped the boys understand what they were looking at.

And here we are in front of the meteor crater. It's huge. Nearly one mile across, 2.4 miles around and 550 feet deep. These pictures really don't convey how large it was in real life.

See that little white square that Connor is standing in front of? Here is a closer look:

The base of the meteor crater was used by NASA as a training center for the Apollo program because it is the most moon-like terrain on Earth.