Meteor Crater and the Grand Canyon

Alexis reminded me that we learned of Meteor Crater when we were in DC at the Smithsonian Air And Space Museum. 

I know many people would just see this as a giant hole in the ground but it is so much more. 

This site was used to train Apollo Astronauts because it so closely resembles the surface of the moon. 

Look, I think Alexis wants to become an astronaut. 

This site has allowed us to learn much about meteor impacts. 

The meteor that made this crater took 10 seconds to pass through our atmosphere and hit the earth. It created a hole almost 1 mile in diameter and sent hurricane force winds outward in all directions for up to 175(?) miles. Imagine something like this happening today. Scary!!!

After coming back down to earth - we continued from here to the gaping gash... I mean the Grand Canyon. 

This is what we saw on our way....

And then ...

We saw an imposter. 

And finally, we arrived.  

If you want to see more, you need to go there yourself. You won't regret the trip.