RENE-LEVASSEUR ISLAND IMPACT CRATER. MANICOUAGAN IMPACT CRATER photographed winter 2012. Manicouagan Reservoir (also Lake Manicouagan) is an annular lake in Quebec, Canada, covering an area of 750Sq miles. The lake island is known as Rene-Levasseur Island. Created in the Late Triassic by the impact of a meteorite 3 miles across. The lake & island can be seen from space and sometimes called the 'eye of Quebec'. An optimised & digitally enhanced version of a NASA image / credit NASA

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Size: 4288px × 2848px
Location: Manicouagan Reservoir, Quebec, Canada
Photo credit: © NASA / digitaleye / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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