What is a Meteor Crater?
In the most simplistic of terms; a meteor crater is the result of the damage and destruction that has been caused after a meteor has crashed into a planet’s surface. The size and speed with which this extra-terrestrial body is hurtling towards the unfortunate planet will have a determining factor on the scale of impact crater that is left behind. If you study images of surfaces on other planets and their lunar landscapes, within our own solar system, you may feel that meteor impacts are far more common away from Earth. Alas, this could not be further from the truth! Our planet is just as prone to such potentially catastrophic events, it is just that there are certain forces at work on Earth that mean that the evidence for these occurrences becomes lost forever. The planet Earth is subjected to a number of forces, which over time, will help to disguise the impact craters that were formed by the meteors crashing into this planet’s crust. Although volcanic activity is thought to have decr
