Dec 06 2016
IMPACT CRATER IN WETUMPKA, ALABAMA

IMPACT CRATER IN WETUMPKA, ALABAMA

Presented by OLLI of Greater Birmingham and Homewood Public Library at Homewood Public Library

OLLI of Greater Birmingham presents: IMPACT CRATER IN WETUMPKA, ALABAMA with James Lowery, retired Director of Management Services, UAB, and a member of 9 environmental boards.  Scientists estimate that the energy released during the explosion that created the Wetumpka Impact Crater was over 175,000 times the energy of the nuclear bomb detonated at Hiroshima, Japan in 1945.  Late Cretaceous dinosaurs and all living things out to a radius of many miles would have been killed almost instantly.  The presentation will provide information about the crater, which is located beside the Coosa River in central Alabama, including photographs of the crater as it appears today.  Information on how to see it today when in the Wetumpka area will also be presented.

 

Admission Info

Free. If you decide to join OLLI there is a small annual membership fee and minimal course semester fee.

Phone: 205-348-6482

Dates & Times

2016/12/06 - 2016/12/06

Location Info

Homewood Public Library

1721 Oxmoor Road , Homewood, AL 35209