8 Earth impact craters you must see

Barringer Crater, also called Meteor Crater, was made about 50,000 years ago when a big iron meteor, around 98 to 164 feet in diameter, hit the Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona. This information comes from the Lunar and Planetary Institute.

BARRINGER CRATER

Nestled in the Deccan Plateau in Southern India, you'll find Lonar Crater, a big hole made by a meteorite that has puzzled scientists since it was discovered in 1823 by British officer C.J.E Alexander, according to NASA Earth Observatory.

LONAR CRATER

Wolfe Creek Crater is located on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert in the Wolfe Creek Crater National Park, in northern Western Australia. According to the Australian Parks and Wildlife Service, the crater was thought to have formed 300,000 years ago.

WOLFE CREEK CRATER

Australia has some really amazing impact craters, so it's no wonder we're talking about another one here. Gosses Bluff, also called Tnorala, is super important culturally and scientifically. It's the most studied impact crater in Australia, according to NASA Earth Observatory.

GOSSES BLUFF (TNORALA)

Pingualuit National Park is in the middle of the Ungava plateau and is where you can find the amazing Pingualuit crater.This crater is filled with pure rainwater under the arctic sky and doesn't get water from other lakes.

PINGUALUIT CRATER

Why see just one crater when you can see nine? The Kaali crater field is on Saaremaa, which is Estonia's biggest island. It's about 11 miles (18 km) from the main town on the island and has one big crater and eight smaller ones, as reported by The Baltic Times.

KAALI CRATER FIELD

Surprisingly, the Ries crater has a town called Nördlingen within its inner ring, as stated by the Planetary Science Institute. You can really see the whole impact of the crater only from the air.

NÖRDLINGER RIES

About 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Pretoria, in the area of the City of Tshwane, you can find the Tswaing meteorite crater. It was originally called Pretoria Saltpan (or Zoutpan), according to the City of Tshwane government site.

TSWAING CRATER