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Ancient asteroid crater twice the size of Rhode Island revisited
Original: “It carved a crater twice the size of Rhode Island and as deep as the Grand Canyon." This 35-million-year-old asteroid impact wrecked the United States
A 35-million-year-old asteroid impact carved a crater roughly twice the size of Rhode Island and as deep as the Grand Canyon, reshaping what is now the United States. The strike, widely linked to the Chesapeake Bay impact structure, is one of the largest known impact events in North America, and coverage highlights its enormous scale and lasting geological effects.
Why now: A vivid description of the crater's immense scale is drawing renewed attention to a dramatic ancient asteroid impact.
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- “It carved a crater twice the size of Rhode Island and as deep as the Grand Canyon." This 35-million-year-old asteroid impact wrecked the United States · BBC Wildlife Magazine
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