[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

So what kind of catastrophe hit us back then?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

The crater is hidden beneath the Kalahari Desert

[razorback-bert]

Morokweng crater

[NormsRevenge]

When a large impactor strikes the Earth, a colossal amount of heat is produced; and the asteroid material is believed to vaporise or fuse with the surrounding rocks.

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Is this why there are so many diamonds found there, I wonder? Sud AFRika is rich in minerals and precious metals too.

[taxesareforever]

"But all of a sudden we can study a meteorite that fell 145 million years ago

Now we don't have to go to Mars.

[Rastus]

Beavis: "Whoa! That's a big ass hole!"

Butt-Head: "Excuse me?"

[SunkenCiv]

[SunkenCiv]

Manicougan crater / lake:

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[SunkenCiv]

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