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Gosses Bluff

Gosses Bluff
Image taken 8/14/2002 by Landsat 7

142 million years ago, an asteroid or comet slammed into what is now the Missionary Plains in Australia's Northern Territory, forming a crater 24 kilometers in diameter and 5 kilometers deep. Today, like a bull's eye, the circular ring of hills that defines Gosses Bluff stands as a stark reminder of the event.

 

 

This image can be found on Landsat 7 Path 103 Row 76, center: 23.1S, 132.7 E.

Gosses Bluff

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