USGS & NASA logos
Earth As Art: View the Earth 
through the eyes of the Landsat-7 satellite
Shoemaker Crater

Shoemaker Crater
Image taken 5/5/2000 by Landsat 7

Resembling splotches of yellow and green paint, salt-encrusted seasonal lakes dot the floor of Western Australia's Shoemaker impact structure. The structure was formed about 1.7 billion years ago and is currently the oldest known impact site in Australia.

 

 

This image can be found on Landsat 7 Path 110 Row 78, center:26.0 S, 121.2 E.

Shoemaker Crater

Click on the image for a printable, higher resolution version with scale (8.5" x 8.5", 144 ppi).


| North & Central America | South America | Europe | Africa | Asia & The Middle East | Australia | Antarctica |

Information on downloading high-resolution images

Take me to the Index of Images

Back to the "Earth As Art" Homepage


Site maintained by: GSFC Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics
Web Designer/Developer: Maggie Masetti
Site Curator: Michael Taylor
Responsible NASA Official: Darrel Williams

Privacy Policy and Important Notices

This file was last modified on Wednesday, 29-Jun-2005 11:46:25 EDT