Lovely (Crater) Lake Lonar

Lonar Crater Lake, Vivek Ganesan licensed Wikimedia commons image

It is fascinating to discover so many magnificent views of craters caused by meteorites! Here’s a beautiful example of a crater, located in India, roughly the same age as Barringer Meteorite Crater: 50k years old. It too is located in a volcanic area, which may have delayed its determination as non-vulcanic in origin. Read about this and others here

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