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Camper Uncovers 390-Million-Year-Old Meteor Crater via Google Maps

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Camper Uncovers 390-Million-Year-Old Meteor Crater via Google Maps
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A camper’s intuition on Google Maps led researchers to confirm a 15-mile-wide meteor crater in Quebec’s Côte-Nord region. Fieldwork revealed shatter cones and impact melt rock, dating the crater to about 390 million years ago, making it one of the larger known craters worldwide (with roughly 200 total known crater sites and 31 in Canada).

Topics:science#google-maps#impact-melt-rock#meteor-crater#quebec#science#shatter-cones
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  1. Camper Accidentally Discovers Ancient Meteor Crater on Google Maps  PetaPixel
  2. More than one way to make an impact  The Planetary Society
  3. Canadian man noticed a strange hole on Google Maps while planning a camping trip, and it turned out to be a 390-million-year-old meteor crater  The Times of India
  4. He saw a pit on Google Maps. It turned out to be a 390-million-year-old meteor crater  CBC
  5. 25km meteor crater in rugged Canadian terrain remained hidden for 390 million years  WION

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