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In Australia, found the crash site of the largest meteorite in the history of the planet
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Scientists working in the Australian geothermal research, случайно found evidence of the continent's largest trace of a meteorite impact. Although the crater at this place has long disappeared, the next stroke is stored in the earth's crust.
The impact area has a diameter of about 400 km. Her left meteorite, before the fall of the split into two parts, each of which diameter was about 10 km. Until the date of the fall could not be established. At the same time such an event was to leave an indelible mark in the evolution of living beings.
For example, it is believed that the meteorite, which fell 66 million years ago, raised in the air as ash that it should be found all over the planet. Because of this, the world lost a great part of the animal species, including many dinosaurs. While this meteorite is a mystery - in the rock layers under the age of 300 million years there are no traces testifying impact.
His footprints were found during drilling depth of 2 km. At the same time, scientists met rocks that turned into glass due to the monstrous pressures and temperatures caused by a meteorite.
Source: geektimes.ru/post/247780/
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