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Impact Craters

Learn where impactors have crashed to Earth over geologic history and see the scars they left.

<![CDATA[Credits]]> Producer & Editor: Carolyn Fox
Writer & Researcher: Federica Valabrega
Researchers: Jamie Bussey, Leigh Brock
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]]> Chesapeake Bay /2008/08/earth-scars/img/chesapeake-700.jpg <![CDATA[Chesapeake Bay crater - Virginia, U.S.]]> Vredefort /2008/08/earth-scars/img/vredefort-500.jpg <![CDATA[Vredefort crater - 62 miles southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa.]]> Chicxulub /2008/08/earth-scars/img/chicxulub-700.jpg <![CDATA[Chicxulub crater - Yucatán, Gulf of Mexico]]> Gosses Bluff /2008/08/earth-scars/img/gosses-bluff-700.jpg <![CDATA[Gosses Bluff crater - Northern Territory, Australia]]> Popigai /2008/08/earth-scars/img/popigai-russia-500.jpg <![CDATA[Popigai crater - Northern Siberia, Russia]]> Meteor /2008/08/earth-scars/img/meteor-arizona-700.jpg <![CDATA[Meteor crater - Half-hour east of Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S.]]> Manicouagan /2008/08/earth-scars/img/manicouagan-500.jpg <![CDATA[Manicouagan crater - Quebec, Canada]]> Sudbury /2008/08/earth-scars/img/sudbury-600.jpg <![CDATA[Sudbury crater - Ontario, Canada]]> Ullapool /2008/08/earth-scars/img/ullapool-450.jpg <![CDATA[Ullapool crater - Northwest Scotland, U.K. ]]>