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Siberian Doomsday Supercrater Finally Located

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A team of scientists has finally located the impact crater from a “Doomsday” 1908 meteor strike that was one thousand times more powerful than the blast that leveled Hiroshima. You wouldn’t think looking for something that size would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack, but it’s gone undetected for nearly 100 years. Mainly because it was sneaky and hiding under a lake.


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[National Geographic]

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