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3-mile-wide Australian meteorite crater formed 100 million years ago – haveeruonline
A massive three-mile-wide meteorite crater formed about 100 million years ago was discovered by a gold mine in the Australian Outback.Meteorite crater
Gold miners stumbled across a massive meteorite crater that was created about 100 million years ago in the Western Australian Outback.
Using electromagnetic irradiation, the researchers were able to create an image of a collision site called Ora Banda Crater beneath the surface to see if it stretched over three miles.
The shoot cone was recovered from Earth formed from high-pressure high-speed shock waves (‘signs of meteorite impact’) generated by large impacting objects.
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