# The Barringer Meteor Crater - Link: https://mywalkabout.net/the-barringer-meteor-crater/ - Published: 2016-03-24T13:35:00-07:00 - Author: My Walkabout ##### 50,000 years ago, an unbroken plain stretched along the high desert where a cottontail rabbit nibbled on a blade of sage brush. In a blinding flash, a meteorite estimated to have been about 150 feet across and weighing several hundred thousand tons struck the rocky plain with an explosive force greater than 20 million tons of TNT. ##### The rabbit is evaporized, and a crater 700 feet deep and over 4000 feet across is carved into this once flat plain. 175 million tons of limestone and sandstone are abruptly thrown over a mile to create a continuous blanket of debris. ##### The Star man has arrived. ##### 󠀁[󠀁[ ##### In 1902, 󠀁[Daniel Moreau Barringer](http://www.barringercrater.com/company/)󠁿, a Philadelphia mining engineer, arrived at the site, formed the Standard Iron Company, and for the next twenty six years, persevered in attempting to drill and find the meteorite. ##### Unbeknownst to him though at that time, the meteor had completely disintegrated upon impact. ##### 󠀁[󠀁[ ##### In 1984, a movie is released called “󠀁[Starman](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088172/)󠁿“. I remember seeing the Meteor Crater for the first time in this film, and not even realizing it was a real place, I was inexplicably drawn to it. ##### Perhaps I too am an alien, looking for a way to communicate back home to the people I love. ##### 󠀁[󠀁[ ##### Regardless of what may draw you to see Barringer’s 󠀁[Meteor Crater](http://meteorcrater.com/)󠁿, whether it be scientific, inate curiosity, or a search for something greater in this Universe than ourselves, your time spent on the edge of this wonder will not dissappoint. ### Share this: * [ Email ](https://mywalkabout.net/the-barringer-meteor-crater/?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20The%20Barringer%20Meteor%20Crater&body=https%3A%2F%2Fmywalkabout.net%2Fthe-barringer-meteor-crater%2F&share=email) * [Post](https://x.com/share) * [Share on Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/share) * [ WhatsApp ](https://mywalkabout.net/the-barringer-meteor-crater/?share=jetpack-whatsapp) * [ Nextdoor ](https://mywalkabout.net/the-barringer-meteor-crater/?share=nextdoor) * [ Threads ](https://mywalkabout.net/the-barringer-meteor-crater/?share=threads) * [[ * [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) * [ Reddit ](https://mywalkabout.net/the-barringer-meteor-crater/?share=reddit) ### Like this: Like Loading…