Why the Barringer Crater?

[Jerrymander]

OOH, I KNOW WHY IT'S IN THE GAME!

Meteor Impact Event.

It happens in 3950 BC right on your capital city. It's the Aryans of Civ5.

 

[marioflag]

Yes, I'd say it's the most famous. Because it struck on a desert plain, it's profound. It looks like something from the surface of the moon. It's not covered with a lake or a forrest. Because it is 10's of thousands of years old instead of millions or hundreds of millions, it hasn't eroded much. Because it's so far south, it hasn't been bulldozed by glaciers.

Not everybody goes there, but lots of people have seen it on tv or the movies. We know there's a big meteorite strike somewhere in Arizona.

Barringer Crater was the first crater on Earth recognized as a meteor impact crater. Daniel Barringer was the first to conclude that it was a meteor crater.

Crater Lake is a volcanic crater, those are a dime a dozen. If there is a big meteor crater that looks more like a crater than Barringer I'd like to see it. It is new and in an area where it hasn't been filled in with water or solid material.

Thanks for the answer guys, now it sounds to me a choice more appropriate.

Among the other Natural Wonders choices i think Fjords would be another good candidate.

 

[The_J]

Personnally, I'm looking forward to see this site as a natural wonder.

Yeah, i hope they'll add some more curios and nice things to the game. Another thing would be this here.

No one has ever said the Grand Canyon won't be in the game.

Best post in this thread .

 

[Calouste]

Personnally, I'm looking forward to see this site as a natural wonder.

They should have put it in as an inside joke because of the hexes.

But why the Grand Mesa (what? where?) over Uluru/Ayers Rock? Sure, the Grand Mesa is big, but Uluru looks like a wonder.

 

[Theon]

Another wonder spotted in the civilopedia was the Grand Mesa. I never really heard about this feature before it was posted in a screenshot, but I hope it actually is Uluru instead. Especially since Uluru has a far greater cultural significance(to the Australian natives and modern Australia), and the already abundant presence of natural wonders from the USA.

Edit: lol, great minds think alike!

 

[Thormodr]

I'd like to see a glacier natural wonder or an iceberg calving ground like in Greenland. Something for the arctic regions on the map.

 

[Perfection]

I'd like to see the hill by my house be a natural wonder, it looks kinda like a face!

 

[EmpireOfCats]

I think I'd really like to see the Oklo Natural Nuclear Reactor, too. A free nuclear power plant for the city once they have discovered uranium (or something like that).

 

[stealth_nsk]

I think I'd really like to see the Oklo Natural Nuclear Reactor, too. A free nuclear power plant for the city once they have discovered uranium (or something like that).

Providing it's actual impact - free "Mutation" promotion for units build there

 

[Rusty Edge]

Among the other Natural Wonders choices i think Fjords would be another good candidate.

I love fjords and glaciers. They're the best European wonder I can think of.

Uluru looks like a wonder.

Agreed. It's like the meteor crater, only opposite, so you can see it a distance.