A camper may have made a major scientific discovery, because while searching Google Maps for a camping spot, he may have found an ancient meteorite crater. In astronomy, a meteor crater is a circular depression on the surface of a planet, moon, or other celestial body, created by the impact of a meteorite, asteroid, or comet. Canadian Joël Lapointe, from Quebec, was researching through the online application a place to set up a tent with his company in the Côte-Nord region located in the north of the country. Then, he spotted a huge pit, several miles wide, surrounded by a small mountain ring. According to a New York Post report, the man contacted geophysicist Pierre Rochette, sending a photo of the location as well as the coordinates. “The mountain ring is highly suggestive of a collision,” the scientist said, adding that he took a sample from the ground, where he detected a mineral called zirconium, which changes form after events such as meteorite collisions. […]
Source: News Beast
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