Lonar Crater lake, India, Satellite image. The basin for this saltwater lake was formed by a meteorite impact roughly 50,000 years ago. The crater is

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Lonar Crater lake, India, Satellite image. The basin for this saltwater lake was formed by a meteorite impact roughly 50,000 years ago. The crater is kilometres in diameter and 137 metres deep. Image taken by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra satellite on 29th November 2004.

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