Detail View: Image Archives: Excavating the crater

File Name: 
NI98-314.jpg
catalog number: 
NI98-314
collection: 
Image Archives
title: 
Excavating the crater
creator: 
Harvey H. Nininger
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Christine Powers
creator type: 
creator of digital collection
description: 
Excavating at the Odessa, Texas Crater. This Meteor Crater is located southwest of Odessa in west Texas. It was named a National Natural Landmark in 1965 and there is a small museum at the site. Harvey Nininger was DMNS Curator of Meteorites 1930 -1946.
date: 
1948
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
USA, Texas
modified: 
Shadows/Highlights, Brightness/Contrast, Exposure, and Levels adjusted; image cropped using Photoshop CS4.
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
1.65 MB
source: 
2.5 x 3.5 inch nitrate negative scanned with Epson Expression 10000XL at 600 dpi, 8 bit grayscale.
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science