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Craters

Gosse Bluff.

Namatjira, Australia

Gosse Bluff

A spectacular impact crater in the rugged heart of Central Australia.

The Lochnagar Crater is visible from space, as a little black dot near the town of Albert.

military history

This Century-Old Wartime Crater Is Still Visible From Space

The massive Lochnagar Crater, as seen from a satellite.

Jessica Leigh Hester November 12, 2018

Some of Charon's newly named features.

space exploration

There's Now a Space Mountain Named for Octavia Butler

It's on Pluto's moon, Charon, which also boasts landscape features that honor Stanley Kubrick and Dorothy Gale.

Cara Giaimo April 12, 2018

Painted Dunes from the top of the adjacent cinder cone.

Old Station, California

Painted Dunes

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

Rincon de Parangueo, Mexico

Rincón de Parangueo Crater

A dark tunnel leads to a striking white crater that seems to be from another planet.

Batagaika Crater in June 2016.

A Giant Permafrost Crater Grows in Siberia

It's yet another canary in the climate coal mine.

Samir S. Patel May 2, 2017

The crystal clear lagoon was once an underwater volcano.

Vila Franca Do Campo, Portugal

Islet of Vila Franca do Campo

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

Trou de Fer, or 'Iron Hole.'

Trou de Fer (The Iron Hole)

At the center of an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean is a deep chasm ringed by tall waterfalls.

The Batagaika Crater

Verkhoyanskiy ulus, Russia

The Batagaika Crater

The giant Siberian crater known locally as the "doorway to the underworld" is expanding every year.

Auckland, New Zealand

Maungawhau (Mount Eden)

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

Leiðarendi Lava Tube

A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.

Tree and shrub growth has softened the crater but it's scale is still apparent

Staffordshire, England

The Hanbury Crater

The site of one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, created when a massive bomb dump accidentally exploded.

The current statue is placed along the path down to Devil's Hole

St Mary, Jersey

Devil's Hole

This natural crater along the coast of Jersey may take its name from the devil statues who have watched over it.

9 Incredible Meteorite Craters That Look Straight Out of 'Deep Impact'

Our planet is pockmarked with the scars of these extraterrestrial visitors. Morgan Freeman would be terrified.

Meg Neal August 27, 2016

View of the crater from the rim

Barranca, Mexico

La Joya Honda

Legend has it thieves once stashed their treasures in this crater in the Mexican desert.

Lake County, Oregon

Big Hole

This large maar crater in Oregon is the bigger brother to Hole in the Ground.

Laguna Quilotoa

Laguna Quilotoa

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

Tonopah, Nevada

Lunar Crater

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.