Dakota Datebook: Craters in North Dakota

October 10, 2024 – About 214 million years ago, a meteorite that landed in what is now McKenzie County was so large that it left a crater 5 miles across.

Many people confuse meteors with shooting stars. Generally, a shooting star is the size of a grain of sand. A meteor, on the other hand, is large enough to survive its fiery trip through the atmosphere to reach the earth's surface – at which poin...