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Several hundred million years ago a meteorite slammed into what is now
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creating the Aorounga crater, which is about 10 miles in diameter. Pockmarked by
erosion, Aorounga is decorated with stripes of raised rock that alternate with shal-
low, wind-cut valleys filled with blowing orange sand. Radar imaging from Space
Shuttle missions suggests that circular features stamped into the ground nearby
are related; Aorounga might be part of a crater chain formed when a large meteor-
ite blew apart on impact.
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