More Pictures of Meteors

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The Barringer Impact Crater in Arizona, USA. Note that it is 1.2km in diameter and has a maximum depth of 183 metres. It was created by a meteorite of 40metres in diameter impacting at 11km/second.

Image Courtesy of US Geological Surver/D. Roddy

This shows an impact crater, 0.9mm wide, found on the WF/PC1 camera radiator on the Hubble Space Telescope in 1994, when it was taken back to Earth.

Courtesy of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

A detailed shot of a meteor, taken during the Leonid meteor shower in mid-November.

Image Courtesy of NASA/ESA

Image Showing Meteors of the Leonid Meteor Shower, taken from Space.

Image Courtesy of NASA/Ames Research Center