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Manicouagan Reservoir 12/1983

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Nasa/Novapix

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t-cra06-00005

Date

2007-01-27

The Manicouagan reservoir, a large annular lake, marks the site of an impact crater 60 miles (100 kilometers) wide, formed almost 212 million years ago when a large meteorite hit Earth. Image taken from the STS-9 space shuttle Columbia over Quebec Province, Canada.