It also just missed the visitor's center! Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 12, 2013, at 12:53 PM, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritem...@gmail.com> wrote: > You were warned.... > > An airliner was flying over Arizona on a clear day, and the copilot > was providing his passengers with a running commentary about landmarks > over the PA system. > > "Coming up on the right, you can see the Meteor Crater, which is a > major tourist attraction in northern Arizona. It was formed when a > lump of nickel and iron, roughly 150 feet in diameter and weighing > 300,000 tons, struck the earth at about 40, 000 miles an hour, > scattering white-hot debris for miles in every direction. The crater > measures nearly a mile across and is 570 feet deep." > >> From the cabin, a passenger was heard to exclaim, "Wow! It just missed > the highway!" > > (*rimshot*) > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com > Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone > Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone > Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone > RSS - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 > ------------------------------------------------------------- > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list