ScienceCampsite search reportedly leads to a 25-kilometer-wide impact crater in Quebec
ScienceDaily reports that an amateur astronomer made the accidental find while searching satellite maps for a camping spot. Scientists later found shatter cones confirming the ancient impact.
TLDR
An amateur astronomer searching satellite maps for a camping spot in Quebec accidentally discovered an ancient impact crater, ScienceDaily reports. According to the report, scientists later found shatter cones confirming that the 25-kilometer-wide structure formed in an impact roughly 390 million years ago.
Campsite search reportedly leads to a 25-kilometer-wide impact crater in Quebec
ScienceDaily reports that an amateur astronomer made the accidental find while searching satellite maps for a camping spot. Scientists later found shatter cones confirming the ancient impact.
TLDR
An amateur astronomer searching satellite maps for a camping spot in Quebec accidentally discovered an ancient impact crater, ScienceDaily reports. According to the report, scientists later found shatter cones confirming that the 25-kilometer-wide structure formed in an impact roughly 390 million years ago.