Dinamita, a Meteor Crater

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Dinamita Crater

Dinamita! A meteor impact crater about 30 km NNW of Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico.

From the center to the rim.

A small mine entering the crater from the SW. The mines are Calcite (Calcium).

Entering from the SW you come to Sierra Blanca and a view of some of the Calcio mines around the crater.

From inside the crater looking Southwest, Sierra Blanca on the right. Click on the image to expand to 7447 x 2782 pixels, 3.76 MB.

Entering the crater from the East you find these cliffs that would challenge many climbers.

The road to the mines. These mountains are on the north side of the crater.

One of the mines. The best of the minerals are saved for precision cutting.

Not to be taken lightly, driving a fully loaded truck down these roads.

The center formation has the rocks shooting up into the air and the boulder field around it. Very similar to the image of a stone into a water pool, below. The differences are mass and velocity of the meteor, and the density of the Earth where it hit.

A deep penetration video. Click on the image for a short video.

Me!

This is Jogo. For personalized tours of the crater and surrounding area, you can call him at +52 871 507 2894.
Click on the image for a 360 degree video of this area.

Boulder fields like this are throughout the crater.

There are many odd boulder formations in the area. The question here is just how could these rocks form as they did?

This image can be enlarged to show the texture of the rocks. The rocks are not smooth but composed of many particles packed together.

All of the rocks here are like this. The question is how could these rocks form like this? My guess is that when the meteor hit, it blasted the ground into these small pieces, and shot them way up into the atmosphere where they came together to form the boulders which then rained down all over the area.

Sometimes you can find some very odd rocks. The questions remain. How could this rock have formed?

Near the center is this large rock with paintings from the Ancient People on it.

Paintings from the Ancients.

For hotel reservations to tour the Dinamita Meteor Crater, Call the DURANGO INN, and ask for Lucina or Diana. Phone +52 872 106 3313 0r +52 872 118 8492.

Ellos hablan español

For guided tours of the Crater, Call Silvestre Carrillo at +52 813 970 1300

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