On the edge of town, an impact crater a hundred feet in depth and diameter encircled by a low Little League variety chain-link fence. A 650-car freight train click clacks by at five miles an hour. All that's in the town is the cafe luncheonette, the ten cabin motor court, the unfinished highway, the gas station with a car mechanic shop connected to it, the Arid Plains Meteorite impact crater (from 5000 years ago), and next to the crater is the observatory.