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The meteorite crater field in Kaali Traditional Geocache

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Kaali meteoriidikraatrite väli Saaremaal on Eesti haruldasim loodusmälestis, olles ühtlasi Euraasia efektseim kraatriväli. Kaali meteoriit on viimane maailma tihedasti asustatud piirkonda langenud hiidmeteoriit. Selle langemine juba asustatud Saaremaale põhjustas suuri purustusi ja võib-olla ka inimohvreid, mida on võrreldud väikese tuumapommi plahvatusega. Meteoriidi langemine on ajalooliselt tähelepanuväärne esiteks plahvatusega seotud sündmusena ja sellest tulenevate kultuuripilti kandunud mõjutuste poolest. Teiseks kujunes Kaalis plahvatuse tagajärjel uus pinnavorm, mis sobis kasutamiseks linnuse, veevõtukoha ja ohvrihiiena. Kaalis tehtud arheoloogilised uuringud on kinnitanud kraatrivälja unikaalsust ka sellepoolest.

The meteorite crater field in Kaali, Saaremaa, is the rarest natural monument in Estonia as well as the most impressive crater field of the whole Eurasia. The Kaali meteorite was the last giant meteorite that fell in a densely populated region of the world. Its fall on the inhabited island of Saaremaa evidently caused extensive damage and possibly also numerous victims, it has been compared with an explosion of a small nuclear bomb. The fall of the meteorite was historically remarkable as an event and for its influences on human culture. Besides that, a new landform emerged as the result of the explosion, well fit for a fortification, a watering place and a sacrificial site. The archaeological investigation in Kaali has confirmed the unique nature of the crater field in this respect

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