Giant Impact Crater Found In Australia

An anonymous reader writes "One of the largest meteorite impacts in the world has been discovered in the South Australian outback by geothermal researchers. It may explain one of the many extinction events in the past 600 million years, and may contain rare and exotic minerals. The crater is said to have been 'produced by an asteroid six to 12 km across' — which is really big!"

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[antifoidulus]

"You call that a meteorite? THIS is a meteorite!"

Re:Where?

[atomicstrawberry]

You're looking for a roughly circular feature? I think this is a more likely spot personally:

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?sll=-28.87835,141.047974&sspn=4.39095,8.453979&ll=-35.310258,149.125156&spn=0.015987,0.033023&t=h&z=16 [google.com.au]

Re:Meh, I've seen bigger...

[Rogerborg]

Seriously, a 80-160 km crater is not giant. Big, okay, they don't form every day, but there are much bigger craters than that. Like Menrva on Titan.

Oh, sure, sure, but you really had to hike there before all the tourists discovered it and ruined the local culture.

Re:discovered?

[Anonymous Coward]

I just see a face