Images from a seismic survey has shown the crater is about 3 miles (6 kilometers) wide and is now buried under sediment at nearly 4,300 feet  below the Earth's surface. The crater is reported to be below an area previously covered by water. 3-D image of the Victoria Island Structure. Researchers plan to look at rock samples that will be retrieved during a drilling mission surrounding the impact area. They hope to find shocked quartz, melted rock and glass. The element known as iridium may also be found in elevated levels. This is the second such crater to be found in the central valley of California. The "Cowell structure"  is said to be 0.8 miles wide and nearly 25 million years old. Researchers now call the crater the " Victoria Island structure ." The impact would have been as strong as 75 ,000 nuclear bombs all going off at once.
Images from a seismic survey has shown the crater is about 3 miles (6 kilometers) wide , buried under sediment at nearly 4,300 feet and may even still contain the asteroid which is said to still be inside the crater nearly 10 miles below the Earth's surface. The crater is reported to be below an area previously covered by water. 3-D image of the Victoria Island Structure. Researchers plan to look at rock samples that will be retrieved during a drilling mission surrounding the impact area. They hope to find shocked quartz, melted rock and glass. The element known as iridium is also expected to be found in elevated levels. This is the second such crater to be found in the central valley of California. The "Cowell structure" which is said to be 0.8 miles wide , is said to be nearly 25 million years old. Researchers now call the crater " The Victoria Island Structure ." The impact would have been as strong as 100 ,000 nuclear bombs all going off at once.
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