Ries Meteorite Crater Geopark

Ries Meteorite Crater Geopark. Exposure of Bunte Breccia (purple-grey) and Suevite (pale grey) in the Aumühle quarry near Oettingen located near the centre of the crater. Suevite is formed from the fallout of the partially melted and vaporised ejecta debris shot high into the atmosphere as a result of the meteorite impact when temperatures and pressures almost instantaneously reached 20,000°C and several million bar. Bunte Breccia is formed from discrete rock masses deposited as a coherent ejecta blanket following the meteorite impact. Torrential rain at the time of taking this photo!

Ries Meteorite Crater Geopark. Exposure of Bunte Breccia (purple-grey) and Suevite (pale grey) in the Aumühle quarry near Oettingen located near the centre of the crater. Suevite is formed from the fallout of the partially melted and vaporised ejecta debris shot high into the atmosphere as a result of the meteorite impact when temperatures and pressures almost instantaneously reached 20,000°C and several million bar. Bunte Breccia is formed from discrete rock masses deposited as a coherent ejecta blanket following the meteorite impact. Torrential rain at the time of taking this photo!

Ries Meteorite Crater Geopark. Exposure of Bunte Breccia (purple-grey) and Suevite (pale grey) in the Aumühle quarry near Oettingen located near the centre of the crater. Suevite is formed from the fallout of the partially melted and vaporised ejecta debris shot high into the atmosphere as a result of the meteorite impact when temperatures and pressures almost instantaneously reached 20,000°C and several million bar. Bunte Breccia is formed from discrete rock masses deposited as a coherent ejecta blanket following the meteorite impact. Torrential rain at the time of taking this photo!

Ries Meteorite Crater Geopark. The abandoned quarry at Ziswingen: tilted and fractured Jurassic limestones occur within the 'mega-block zone' of allochtonous rocks near the southern rim of the Ries Crater.

Ries Meteorite Crater Geopark. The abandoned quarry at Ziswingen: tilted and fractured Jurassic limestones occur within the 'mega-block zone' of allochtonous rocks near the southern rim of the Ries Crater. A close-up view showing the fractured nature of the limestones.

Ries Meteorite Crater Geopark. The abandoned quarry at Ziswingen: tilted and fractured Jurassic limestones occur within the 'mega-block zone' of allochtonous rocks near the southern rim of the Ries Crater. A close-up view showing the fractured nature of the limestones.

Ries Meteorite Crater Geopark. The abandoned quarry at Ziswingen: tilted and fractured Jurassic limestones occur within the 'mega-block zone' of allochtonous rocks near the southern rim of the Ries Crater. A panoramic view constructed from the previous views stitched together.

Ries Meteorite Crater Geopark. The abandoned quarry at Ziswingen: tilted and fractured Jurassic limestones occur within the 'mega-block zone' of allochtonous rocks near the southern rim of the Ries Crater.

Ries Meteorite Crater Geopark. The abandoned quarry at Ziswingen: tilted and fractured Jurassic limestones occur within the 'mega-block zone' of allochtonous rocks near the southern rim of the Ries Crater.