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English: A shattercone on display at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

When meteorites strike the Earth, they cause massive shockwaves in the atmosphere. They also heat the rocks below them as they crash-land, melting them. The combination of shockwave and heat causes the rock to form fan-like structures. These are called shattercones.

This shattercone was collected in Beaverhead County, Montana.
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by dctim1 at https://www.flickr.com/photos/23165290@N00/7289099410. It was reviewed on 8 July 2012 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.

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