{"id":112032,"date":"2025-07-16T23:14:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T03:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=112032"},"modified":"2025-07-24T23:14:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T03:14:58","slug":"meteor-crater-arizona-pt-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/meteor-crater-arizona-pt-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Meteor Crater, Arizona &#8211; Pt. 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was crazy windy at Meteor Crater&#8211;close to hurricane force winds and it was really hard to even stand upright, much less focus on photos.\u00a0 But what an amazing sight.\u00a0 This entire desert area is like a movie.\u00a0 From small towns that celebrate the golden and silver age of alien tropes, to real craters bigger than stadiums. A 150ft object from space caused this ages ago, and it really puts things into perspective as we go about our common lives.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"112014\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/meteor-crater-arizona-pt-5\/meteor-crater-az-2025-04-26-001_boon-vong\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meteor-Crater-AZ-2025-04-26-001_Boon-Vong.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"790,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1745681508&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Meteor-Crater-AZ-2025-04-26-001_Boon-Vong\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meteor-Crater-AZ-2025-04-26-001_Boon-Vong.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-112014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meteor-Crater-AZ-2025-04-26-001_Boon-Vong.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"1080\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"112015\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/meteor-crater-arizona-pt-5\/meteor-crater-az-2025-04-26-002_boon-vong\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meteor-Crater-AZ-2025-04-26-002_Boon-Vong.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,720\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1745682469&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Meteor-Crater-AZ-2025-04-26-002_Boon-Vong\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meteor-Crater-AZ-2025-04-26-002_Boon-Vong.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-112015\" src=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meteor-Crater-AZ-2025-04-26-002_Boon-Vong.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meteor-Crater-AZ-2025-04-26-002_Boon-Vong.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meteor-Crater-AZ-2025-04-26-002_Boon-Vong-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"112016\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/meteor-crater-arizona-pt-5\/meteor-crater-az-2025-04-26-003_boon-vong\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meteor-Crater-AZ-2025-04-26-003_Boon-Vong.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,720\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1745682592&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Meteor-Crater-AZ-2025-04-26-003_Boon-Vong\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meteor-Crater-AZ-2025-04-26-003_Boon-Vong.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-112016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meteor-Crater-AZ-2025-04-26-003_Boon-Vong.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meteor-Crater-AZ-2025-04-26-005_Boon-Vong.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"1080\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"112019\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/meteor-crater-arizona-pt-5\/meteor-crater-az-2025-04-26-006_boon-vong\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Meteor-Crater-AZ-2025-04-26-006_Boon-Vong.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,304\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix 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