Mars on your desktop

[KarlMarx]

http://www.google.com/mars/

 

[Said1]

Wow, looks like Mars has been pounded with some nasty stuff.

 

[dilloduck]

Wow, looks like Mars has been pounded with some nasty stuff.

Amazing stuff---and expensive !!

 

[KarlMarx]

Wow, looks like Mars has been pounded with some nasty stuff.

As has most of the solar system! We don't see it here on Earth because weather and erosion has removed most traces... but there are a few examples of impact sites on Earth....

Winslow Crater - Arizona
Crater Lake - Oregon

http://geology.com/meteor-impact-craters.shtml

 

[USViking]

As has most of the solar system! We don't see it here on Earth because weather and erosion has removed most traces... but there are a few examples of impact sites on Earth....

Winslow Crater - Arizona
Crater Lake - Oregon

http://geology.com/meteor-impact-craters.shtml

Are you sure about Crater Lake?- I thought
it was volcanic.

 

[KarlMarx]

Are you sure about Crater Lake?- I thought
it was volcanic.

You're right... I stand corrected!!!

To make up for it, I'll add the Tunguska event in 1908 which leveled 2,150 square kilometers of forest

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event

 

[Simon Gunson]

Interesting to note the meteorite strikes are mostly in the equitorial belt...