South Africa's Tswaing Meteorite Crater

Tswaing, meaning “place of salt” in the Setswana language, is an ancient impact crater outside the metropolis of Pretoria in South Africa’s Gauteng province. The Tswaing Crater formed some 220,000 years ago when a giant meteorite slammed into the Earth, creating a half-mile-wide crater and destroying all vegetation within a 25-mile radius.

Source via: https://amazeandamuse.blogspot.com/2019/01/south-africas-tswaing-meteorite-crater.html

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