Craters Collection

George V on guided tour near Mametz, The Somme, France
King George V passing between two mine craters near Mametz in The Somme, northern France, in a party guided by Mr Harding of the Royal Engineers

London from St Paul s
London, looking east towards Monument and Tower Bridge, from the top of St. Pauls Cathedral. Note the bomb sites still in evidence after the World War Two blitz

Bomb crater in Warsaw street, September 1939
Large bomb crater in a Warsaw street next to a house that appears structurally intact, despite losing its windows in the blast which came as a result of German siege

Black Buck bomb crater
One of the Operation Black Buck1 1, 000 lber bomb craters, in the bondu surrounding Stanley Airport in the Falkland Islands. Date: 1984

Owakidani, hot springs in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Owakidani, a volcanic valley with active sulphur vents and hot springs in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Owakidani active sulphur vents and hot springs, Japan
Owakidani, a volcanic valley with active sulphur vents and hot springs in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Date: 1929

Queen Victorias Rifles Memorial, Hill 60
This is in an enclosed walking area which includes craters.The memorial was destroyed by the Germans in 1940 and later restored. Many veterans had their ashes scattered here. Date: 2016

Ypres battlefields Entry Point South, Palingbeek
Three Entry Points (North, East and South) to walking tours covering many points of interest in the Salient were created for the 100th Anniversaries, each with an unmanned Information Centre

Landscape of volcanic craters, Idaho, USA
Landscape of volcanic craters, looking like craters of the moon, Idaho, USA. Date: circa 1920

Lune Date: 1683

LFB fire towing unit and trailer pump in bomb crater, WW2
Quite a few London Fire Brigade vehicles came to grief during the Blitz raids. This Commer towing van and trailer pump have ploughed into a bomb crater in Southwark Bridge Road just south of

Blitz in London -- bomb damage, Peckham Hill Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- bomb damage at the rear of Peckham Hill Street, SE London

Blitz in London -- Tottenham Court Road, WW2
Blitz in London -- workmen clear out a bomb crater in Tottenham Court Road after an air raid

German prisoners at St Eloi, Flanders, WW1
German prisoners of war captured by the Northumberland Fusiliers and the Royal Fusiliers on 27 March 1916 at St Eloi crater, near Ypres, Flanders, during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Aerial photograph of trenches and mine craters, WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of trenches, mine craters and shell pitted ground, somewhere on the western front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Bumpy Lunar Landscape
The craters of extinct volcanoes testify to the violent past of the Moon. Date: circa 1880

The Hohenzollern Redoubt
Craters formed by the blowing up of four mines on 2nd March 1916 under trenches in the Hohenzollern Redoubt, a German fortification on the Western Front, near Auchy-les-Mines, France

A lake, formed in a crater of volcano Pinatubo (the water level gradually rises over the years), erupted in 1992. The blue colour of water is due to a high salinity

Sphere cover - artillery negotiating shell craters, Matania
British artillery in difficulty among shell craters in August 1918. Shell craters were created by explosions, could easily subside and filled with water in wet weather

2nd Cpl D McArthur reconnoitering craters - Givenchy Ridge
2nd Corporal D. McArthur (176th Company, Royal Engineers) and his Officer returning from reconnoitering mine craters around the Givenchy Ridge - October 13th 1915

French mine crater WWI
View of French soldiers working at the mine face in the tunnel in darkness, and a diagram showing two branches stretching to the right and left where tons of explosive are to be placed. Date: 1916

Blitz in London -- vehicle in bomb crater
Blitz in London -- vehicle in a bomb crater after an air raid, West India Dock Road

Blitz in London -- vehicle on roof in Peckham Hill Street
Blitz in London -- the trajectory of the vehicle lifted by a bomb blast from Bonar Road onto the roof of a house in Peckham Hill Street, SE London

Shell craters at Liege, Belgium, WW1
Three shell craters after bombardment at Liege, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Aerial photograph of battle area near Verdun, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (German) of a battle area near Verdun, France, showing trenches, mine craters and shell pitted ground during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

German construction WWI
German soldiers begin construction in a mine crater in France during World War I

Shell crater WWI
Shell crater at the Chemin des Dames on the Western Front during World War I

Flers-Courcelette 1916
New Zealand troops create a new trench by linking up shell craters, somewhere near Martinpuich, on the first day of the Battle of Flers-Courcellete

British soldiers building a trench by joining shell craters
A photograph of British soldiers digging a trench by linking craters left by artillery bombardment, September 1916

A City on Saturn
The spider-like inhabitants of Saturn build their cities in volcanic craters, not only for protection but to benefit from the warm temperatures

The Moons Surface
The Moons surface, spattered with rocks and the craters of extinct volcanoes, testifying to a more violent past than the present appearance suggests

Moon / Lunar Craters
Lunar craters

Aerial View of Trenches
An aerial photograph over the German lines, showing deep trenches, mine craters, and shell-pitted ground

World War I Aerial View
An aerial photograph of dry trenches and shell craters

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