New Meteorite Crater Found With Google Earth

We live in amazing times, where anyone with a connected terminal can pull up incredibly detailed images of virtually anywhere on earth. Geologist Arthur Hickman did just that, and using the popular Google Earth program, found a previously undiscovered meteorite crater in the Hamersley Ranges in Western Australia. The area was even mapped by the Geological Survey of WA about 20 years ago, but the crater went unnoticed.
He sent a Google Earth picture of the structure to his colleague Dr Andrew Glickson at the Australian National University, who later visited the area and confirmed that Dr Hickman had found a particularly well preserved meteorite crater.
“Our best estimate at the moment is that the crater is 10,000 to 100,000 years old,” said Dr Hickman.
Look at the crater yourself on Google Maps.

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