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In 2024, a Google Maps user found a giant meteorite crater scientists had missed

Amateur astronomer Joël Lapointe has unveiled a massive impact crater in Quebec known as the Uhackatik structure, formed by a meteorite 390 million years ago. Geologists have validated this discovery through the identification of shatter cones and melted rock, ensuring the event’s authenticity. This find stands as one of the most significant meteorite craters discovered in recent history, with satellite imagery playing a key role in identifying such geological phenomena.

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