Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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The Odessa Meteor Crater gets its name as it is located right outside of Odessa, Texas. It is one of a number of craters in the area that were created due to impacts with a number of meteorites around 63,000 years ago.

According to the National Park Service, the Odessa Meteor Crater is one of only two known meteor sites in the country, and the second largest impact crater in the United States. The crater was first discovered in 1892, and was determined to be an impact crater in the 1920s.

Originally the crater was about 100 feet deep, but over the millennia the crater has slowly filled in, and now is only nine to fourteen feet deep.

In this video we visit the Odessa Meteor Crater (and make a stop at Odessa's Stonehenge), walk down into the crater, and explore it's history.

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