[Hot Tabasco]

Incredible how many times the surface has been hit.

When you think about it, how many of those hits would have struck the earth if the moon wasn't in the way?

[wattsgnu]

That is one of the amazing things. The earth WAS hit that many times and more. We just have weathering to make those fade over the billions of years. Very cool photos.

[null and void]

When you think about it, how many of those hits would have struck the earth if the moon wasn't in the way?

Even more awesome when you realize that the Moon's gravity is 1/6^th that of the Erf's.

I reckon we were hit about six times more often...

[Talisker]

When you think about it, how many of those hits would have struck the earth if the moon wasn't in the way?

Did you know that there are a half-MILLION meteor craters in North and South Carolina?

The "Carolina Bays" consist of a large number of circular and oval-shaped depressions concentrated in the coastal plains of the southeastern United States, but occurring less frequently as far north as southern New Jersey and as far south as northern Florida. They appear to be filled-in, flat-bottomed craters, with their rims highest in the southeast. Estimates of their number range in the neighborhood of a half-million overall.