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Photo Caption                                544_38   

Rock quarry on Albion Island, northern Belize. The base 
of the ejecta deposit is marked by the orange wavy line 
in the middle of the rock face.  The base is especially 
rich in altered glass that has a high iron content that 
when weathered gives the orange color.  This is the location 
of the initial discovery of Chicxulub ejecta in this region 
by Pope and Ocampo in 1991.