if that meteor was that big the shock wave from all of the speed it was traveling at would have caused so much damage it would have effected the world....i don't know
why reply to something i wrote 5 months ago?and volcano eruptions aren't even close in comparison with meteors.A meteor the size of a football field would cause global problems,since its going near the speed of light.
Google the SAmerican (Chilean?) impact in the 1960? Sikote Alin and Tunguska.
ENERGY not speed is important. Small mass, high speed equals modest energy release. Most goes into the ground as a compressive shockwave, small amounts into the air as heat and sound... result is modest!
that's huge! i can't believe you survived the impact!
smirrerave 3 years ago
DUR!
It happened 50, 000 yrs ago not last week, dummy!
Barringer Crater is small. Much less than the average size of lunar craters you can see with the naked eye...
flangelet 2 years ago
ahahaha, you got no idea how funny you are
iCubeGamer 2 years ago
awesome
JeanJacquesBouchet 3 years ago
Can't climb down any longer, too many rattlesnakes, fish and game put a stop to it.
hannahbalue 4 years ago
I was there years ago; went down to the bottom of the crater. (Not sure if they allow that now.) It's very humbling and impressive
EdwardStratton 4 years ago
if that meteor was that big the shock wave from all of the speed it was traveling at would have caused so much damage it would have effected the world....i don't know
Freya06 4 years ago
World is a big place.
Barringer Crater, C**n's Mountain, is 'small'. A mile across? but small.
Were you affected by the big volcano that went off in Iceland recently? No?
Small!
flangelet 4 years ago
why reply to something i wrote 5 months ago?and volcano eruptions aren't even close in comparison with meteors.A meteor the size of a football field would cause global problems,since its going near the speed of light.
Freya06 4 years ago
I see a need to correct misinformed drivel, however old.
Speed of light?
Several thousand miles an hour is not the speed of light...
A small impact is like a big volcano... tiny global effects and nothing more.
flangelet 4 years ago
16miles/seconde. :)
awsomejoeawsome 2 years ago
Still small.
Local effects is all you get from small impacts.
Google the SAmerican (Chilean?) impact in the 1960? Sikote Alin and Tunguska.
ENERGY not speed is important. Small mass, high speed equals modest energy release. Most goes into the ground as a compressive shockwave, small amounts into the air as heat and sound... result is modest!
flangelet 2 years ago
I was there last summer. You're right about the middle of nowhere, but it really is an impressive thing to see.
MartinKSmith 5 years ago
I used my time machine (back from the shop) to watch the actual impact. It blew me away.
Seriously: It's an amazing sight but only if you're actually THERE.
conewells 5 years ago
neato, I have been there~
Jennifer8080 5 years ago