He Was Planning a Camping Trip on Google Maps — Then Found a Giant Crater

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An amateur astronomer spotted a giant impact structure in Quebec, later confirmed by scientists.

Joël Lapointe Was Searching for Camping Routes

The Circle Was Nearly 16 Miles Wide

It Was Missing From Existing Crater Databases

Satellite Shape Alone Could Not Prove an Impact

Scientists Had to Reach the Site in Person

Shatter Cones Provided the Critical Evidence

A Rock Formation Had Been Misidentified

Two Methods Pointed Towards the Same Age

The Crater Received an Indigenous Name

The Discovery Is Significant but Research Continues

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Some discoveries begin with specialised instruments, carefully designed surveys and years of fieldwork. Others start when an ordinary digital image contains a detail that refuses to look ordinary.

What appeared on one traveller’s screen eventually drew scientists into remote wilderness and forced them to reconsider an established geological feature. The evidence they returned with transformed a personal suspicion into a significant scientific finding.

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