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Posted: 05 Jan 2016


Taken: 18 Jun 2015

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1/60 f/8.0 15.0 mm ISO 800

Canon EOS 600D

EF-S15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM


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rocks
Oettingen
suevite
Ries Crater Geopark
Aumühle
Ries
Bavaria
Bayern
Germany
Deutschland
geology
Bunte Breccia


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Aumühle quarry: Bunte Breccia and Suevite - close up of contact

Aumühle quarry: Bunte Breccia and Suevite - close up of contact
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!

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