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  • Astronomy Picture of the Day - Manicouagan Impact Crater from Space

    05/25/2024 12:25:37 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 17 replies
    NASA ^ | 25 May, 2024 | Image Credit: NASA, International Space Station Expedition 59
    Explanation: Orbiting 400 kilometers above Quebec, Canada, planet Earth, the International Space Station Expedition 59 crew captured this snapshot of the broad St. Lawrence River and curiously circular Lake Manicouagan on April 11. Right of center, the ring-shaped lake is a modern reservoir within the eroded remnant of an ancient 100 kilometer diameter impact crater. The ancient crater is very conspicuous from orbit, a visible reminder that Earth is vulnerable to rocks from space. Over 200 million years old, the Manicouagan crater was likely caused by the impact of a rocky body about 5 kilometers in diameter. Currently, there is...
  • Man Finds Unusual Spherical Structure While Browsing Google Maps. It Could Be A Huge Discovery

    09/09/2024 1:27:02 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 41 replies
    IFL Science ^ | September 09, 2024 | James Felton
    The structure in Quebec, Canada. Image credit: Google Maps Aman browsing Google Maps whilst planning a camping trip in Quebec's Côte-Nord region has potentially discovered the site of an ancient asteroid impact. People have discovered all sorts of oddities while browsing through Google Maps, from "aliens" and camera-hogging cats to the answer to decades old cold cases. In the latest find, Joël Lapointe stumbled across an unusual, roughly spherical structure about 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) across surrounding Marsal Lake in Quebec. Lapointe contacted geophysicist Pierre Rochette of the Centre de recherche en géosciences de l'environnement (CEREGE) in France for help...