In 1902, Daniel Barringer, a lawyer-turned-geologist and successful businessman, heard about a large crater located forty miles east of Flagstaff, in the desert of Arizona. Around this strange crater ...
While I’ve seen some wonderful sites in my more than 40 years as a geologist, one of the neatest is Meteor Crater near Winslow, Arizona. Also known as Barringer Crater (named for Daniel Barringer, the ...