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Chesapeake Bay seen from space

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

t-namld-00002

Date

2008-10-05

Chesapeake Bay on the eastern shore of USA seen by Landsat-7 satellite. In 1983 the largest impact crater of the United states of America has been discovered there. With a diameter of 80 km, this 35.5 millions year-old crater is buried more than 300 meters beneath the lower part of the bay.