Fox News: Possible ancient meteor crater found by Canadian man planning trip using Google Maps

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Possible ancient meteor crater found by Canadian man planning trip using Google Maps

While a Quebec man was planning a camping trip, he stumbled upon a strange pit. After reaching out to professional, it was determined his find could be a crater left by a space rock....                        ...                        ...                            ...If you see something unusual, don't overlook it. It could just be an ancient discovery. ......Joël Lapointe from Quebec, Canada, was investigating the Côte-Nord region ahead of a camping trip using Google Maps when he found what could be a crater left behind by an You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......While using Google Map's satellite feature, Lapointe came across a pit he found unusual. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......After seeing this strange pit, Lapointe decided to investigate it further. He contacted a French geophysicist named Pierre Rochette, who believed the find could be a rare discovery......."Looking at the topography, it's very suggestive of impact," Rochette told CBC News.......Rochette later received samples from the site in question, and found that at least one contained zircon, a mineral that undergoes transformation in the event of a meteor impact. ......More research is being done to find more definitive answers about the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"It could tell us about when it was You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login Tara Hayden, postdoctoral associate at Western University's department of Earth sciences, told CBC. "That's the wonderful thing about impact craters. We get to have this link between Earth and the outside universe."......The study of impact craters allows scientists to better understand "the past, present and future of collisions" across the solar system, per the American Museum of Natural History.......So far, there have been 200 total confirmed impact craters found, 31 of which have been discovered in Canada, Gordon Osinski, an Earth sciences professor at Western University, told CBC.  ......He added that there are many geologists hunting down a find like this one, but true discoveries are very rare. ......"It's quite easy with You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to go on and find structures that are circular or semicircular in origin. You know, nine times out of 10 they're not [craters]," Osinski said.......The next order of business is for Osinski and his team to potentially head on location to find out more about the find......."It's super exciting," Osinski told CBC. "It doesn't happen too often."...

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