Incredible image of Tenoumer, one of the best preserved craters in the world
The crater that is located in Mauritania, has a 1.9 km of width and its borders go up to 110 m high from the bottom, but the bottom of the crater is covered with approximately 200 to 300 m thick mud layers.
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- Published Date: 04:04 | 03 July 2022
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The European Space Agency took incredible and very detailed photos of the Tenoumer crater in the Sahara desert, one of the best-preserved craters in the world.
The crater that is located in Mauritania, has a 1.9 km of width and its borders go up to 110 m high from the bottom, but the bottom of the crater is covered with approximately 200 to 300 m thick mud layers.
The formation of Tenoumer, after more detailed examinations, indicates that the structure of the hardened "lava" was actually a rock that melted down with the impact of a meteorite.
Although it is located on an ancient rock, Tenoumer is much younger, being between 10,000 and 30,000 years old. This false-colored image from Sentinel-2, captured May 16, 2022, shows the barren land that the crater encircles, which appears in different tones of brown, dark brown, and orange.