America's Largest Crater Has Surprise Link to Grand Canyon, Study Finds

🌍 A Massive Asteroid May Have Changed the Grand Canyon Forever!

56,000 years ago, a space rock slammed into what is now Arizona, forming Meteor Crater. But now, scientists have uncovered a shocking link: the impact may have dammed the Colorado River and formed a long-lost lake deep in the Grand Canyon. Driftwood, high on canyon walls, tells the story of a natural disaster that shaped the American Southwest.

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The Meteor Crater and Grand Canyon are connected

A giant landslide may have blocked the river

Ancient sediments are rewriting geological history

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🔬 Source: ScienceAlert | Published July 2025
📚 Based on a study by UNM geologists and Science Advances

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