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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:45:50 PM EDT

Scary stuff!

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:47:22 PM EDT

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That was close

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:47:30 PM EDT

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pretty much killed everything within 100 miles instantly.

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:47:43 PM EDT

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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:47:45 PM EDT

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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:47:51 PM EDT

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Man what are the odds

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:48:28 PM EDT

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boooo!

Seriously though. I visited there a couple years ago. It was pretty awesome, especially if you're into space science/Nasa, etc.

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:48:58 PM EDT

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Pretty sure that's where rosie died in her skydiving accident

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:49:48 PM EDT

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I'm glad the campground on that road at the interstate survived too. It was time to stop for a couple days finally on the way out from Central Florida

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:49:55 PM EDT

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I doubt that. If it were that violent how is the visitor center still standing?

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:50:17 PM EDT

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Man I was happy when Frog lied to that fed so the dude could get back in space.

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:50:24 PM EDT

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That's a sink hole, they better move their location...

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:50:30 PM EDT

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Yeah, that place is worth the drive to see it. I’ve been a few times and standing on the edge looking down is a rush. It’s a mile deep.

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:51:28 PM EDT

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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:51:33 PM EDT

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crazy how nature do that

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:51:56 PM EDT

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A piece of the meteor is sitting in my basement. Glad it missed the visitor center though.

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:52:33 PM EDT

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pretty much killed everything within 100 miles instantly.

I doubt that. If it were that violent how is the visitor center still standing?

It did kill the guy inside, knocked him off his ladder.

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:52:34 PM EDT

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They dodged a ~~bullet~~ meteor for sure. Should have bought a MegaMillions ticket.

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:53:33 PM EDT

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Miracle!

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:54:49 PM EDT

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I believe it's a mile wide, not deep.
Visited as a child and still remember it, worth seeing, for sure

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:55:03 PM EDT

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For the last 42 years I have lived an hour and a half drive from there - and yet I have never been there (on the ground).
I should fix that sometime...

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:56:40 PM EDT

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Been there. It’s a big hole.

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:56:41 PM EDT

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If there isn't an Ancient Aliens episode blaming that on ETs having a nuclear war back in Anasazi times, there should be.

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:58:30 PM EDT

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On a road trip across the country we drove an hour out of the way to see that and the visitor center was closed. And then we discovered they had a fence around the whole thing just far enough back so you couldn't see the hole without going through the visitor center.

Posted: 1/24/2021 9:58:40 PM EDT

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Ummm.....

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Posted: 1/24/2021 9:59:32 PM EDT

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It could happen

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:00:21 PM EDT

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CNN is preparing an expose' on how Trump policies made it much worse than it would have been if the pedo was in charge.

An Acosta/Fredo production. Coming soon.

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:01:06 PM EDT

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Posted: 1/24/2021 10:02:31 PM EDT

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Crazy expensive admission fee.....in 1989!!

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:04:00 PM EDT

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Marine One is a cheeseburger!?!?!?

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:05:01 PM EDT

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You really should. The "energy" in that area is pretty wild. I didn't know dirt could have "energy" but you can feel it when you're out in that part of the state.

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:06:37 PM EDT

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I've been there... and it's definitely a hole in the ground.

Honestly, it's kinda boring.

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:07:21 PM EDT

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You got me

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:07:57 PM EDT

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On a road trip across the country we drove an hour out of the way to see that and the visitor center was closed. And then we discovered they had a fence around the whole thing just far enough back so you couldn't see the hole without going through the visitor center.

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I would've been pissed and I probably would've found a way over or through the fence.

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:08:46 PM EDT

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What I find both hilarious and sad is that some bozo bought that crater, looking for the huge blob of iron that just HAD to be in there.
He spent decades sifting through the dirt from that crater, but never found that huge blob of iron, just millions of tiny raindrops of iron.

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:09:07 PM EDT

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Seems like a lifetime ago but I used to hunt rattlesnakes and fly drones on land in that picture.

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:10:13 PM EDT

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I would've been pissed and I probably would've found a way over or through the fence.

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They had the admission prices posted on the door. We were kinda glad they weren't open. Would've been over $100 for us to go in and look at a hole.

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:10:33 PM EDT

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They dodged a ~~bullet~~ meteor for sure. Should have bought a MegaMillions ticket.

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Safest place on Earth. After all, what are the odds a meteor would hit there AGAIN?

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:11:33 PM EDT

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We visited Meteor Crater about 10 years ago and my favorite exhibit inside was a display showing what the impact would've been like. A bright flash then big bada boom and everything around killed like you said. Nothing like the Hollywood depictions of a giant flaming/smoking meatball that you can watch hit the ground.

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:11:54 PM EDT

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What are the odds of it landing so close to the visitor center? Clearly the proximity of the impact crater and the visitor center show that there was intent behind this.

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:12:58 PM EDT

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First I'm hearing of this. I was at that visitor Center in 2017. When did this happen? Was anyone injured? Amazed it wasn't destroyed.

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:15:09 PM EDT

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You really should. The "energy" in that area is pretty wild. I didn't know dirt could have "energy" but you can feel it when you're out in that part of the state.

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For the last 42 years I have lived an hour and a half drive from there - and yet I have never been there (on the ground).
I should fix that sometime...

You really should. The "energy" in that area is pretty wild. I didn't know dirt could have "energy" but you can feel it when you're out in that part of the state.

Are you sure you aren't thinking Sedona and the Vortex???

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:18:07 PM EDT

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First I'm hearing of this. I was at that visitor Center in 2017. When did this happen? Was anyone injured? Amazed it wasn't destroyed.

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A friend said there is a Subway™ franchise at the visitor center that had a couple tables knocked over a and a few stools too but they were able to open on time

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:20:30 PM EDT

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Holy sheet...

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:21:22 PM EDT

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lol...

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:23:44 PM EDT

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My wife and I stopped there a couple years ago and I want to say it was $38 a person. It is a total tourist trap and I think it is leased from the Reservation or some deal. Thankfully we were on our way through and didn't make a special trip just to see it.

There is a lava flow river near Flagstaff that I thought was much neater to see and was only $12 per vehicle.

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:26:37 PM EDT

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I believe it's a mile wide, not deep.
Visited as a child and still remember it, worth seeing, for sure

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Yeah, that place is worth the drive to see it. I've been a few times and standing on the edge looking down is a rush. It's a mile deep.

I believe it's a mile wide, not deep.
Visited as a child and still remember it, worth seeing, for sure

Yeah, my mistake. It’s a mile wide.

Posted: 1/24/2021 10:26:38 PM EDT

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I live close to Sedona and all the Vortex whackos are just that. I have been near a few of them and never felt anything, but then again I wasn't naked either.