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Science 10h ago · 1 min read

A strange circle on satellite maps turned out to be a 390-million-year-old impact crater

An amateur astronomer searching satellite maps for a Quebec camping spot accidentally discovered a massive ancient impact crater.

An amateur astronomer searching satellite maps for a Quebec camping spot accidentally discovered a massive ancient impact crater. Scientists later found shatter cones that confirmed the 25-kilometer-wide structure was blasted into Earth roughly 390 million years ago.

Source: ScienceDaily

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