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The crater formed when a shower of nickel-iron meteorites collided with the earth and is the second largest in the nation, approximately 550 feet in diameter and was ... View Details
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Odessa is located in the Permian Basin region of West Texas. A geological region formed during the Permian Period (approximately 280 million years ago), the Permian Basin is approximately 250 miles wide and 300 miles long. At one time this region was an ocean filled with marine life and plants. As the ocean dried up, the decaying plants and animals eventually helped form the gigantic pools of oil and gas that are still being taken from the basin.... More
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