A Natural Garden inside a Meteorite Crater
300,000 years ago, a meteorite hit western Australia, boring a hole
400 feet deep and 2,880 feet across into
the surface of the earth. This crater, now known as Wolfe Creek Crater,
gradually filled with sand. But it’s still 200 feet deep and the second
largest meteorite crater in the world.
Water
collects in the basin of the crater, so the center of this hole in the
desert is filled with green plants. You can see more photos of the
interior
here.
Although aboriginal peoples of Australia
knew about the crater for
a long time, the Western world confirmed its existence in only 1947. It
quickly captured the popular imagination and served as the setting for a
popular
murder mystery novel.
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