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The Huíla plateau, bounded by dramatic cliffs and chasms, stands above the arid coastal plains in the country’s southwest.

A colorful ridge and winding glacial meltwater river meet amidst dune fields in western China.

Located on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, the peak’s lofty altitude and chilly latitude help it hang onto snow and glaciers all…

The idyllic region of Dalarna County is the site of an ancient, powerful collision.

A round depression in the salty plains of the Kutch Basin reveals telltale signs of a prehistoric meteorite impact.

The “young” and well-preserved crater helps scientists understand cratering processes on Earth and elsewhere in the solar system.

The 50,000-year-old crater is relatively young, and only the second discovered in China.

The world’s oldest and largest known impact structure shows some of the most extreme deformation conditions known on Earth.

Famously visible from space, ring-shaped Manicouagan Lake was filled at the dawn of the Space Age when Canada dammed a…





