Manicouagan Regional County Municipality, QC G0G 1H0, CanadaMap
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A very large, deep crater, with a very windy edge and a very desolate bottom.
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Manigugan Crater, also known as the "Eye of Quebec" in northern Canada, is one of the known craters on Earth. The study showed that about 210 million years ago in the late Triassic period, an asteroid 3 miles (5 kilometers) in diameter hit Earth, creating a hole 62 miles (100 kilometers) in diameter. Today, under the erosion of weathering, the crater is a circular lake with a diameter of about 72 kilometers. In the center of the crater is an island formed by the uplift of the ground caused by the impact of the asteroid.
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A very large, deep crater, with a very windy edge and a very desolate bottom.
神秘的地球之眼,外星人的杰作?曼尼古根陨石坑位于加拿大北部的魁北克省,它是已知的地球上第五大陨石坑。我一直对陨石坑有着莫大的好奇心,因此趁着假期去看看曼尼古根陨石坑。在导游的带领下,我们队伍终于到达了陨石坑附近。看到陨石坑就想象着外星人来地球的场景。听导游说大约在2亿多年以前这里被一颗小行星撞上,形成一个直径约100公里的大坑。这个陨石坑也算得上外星人送给地球的厚礼吧!陨石坑中央有一座因撞击而形成的的小岛,环坑周围整个区域在太空中看起来像一颗漂亮的心形吊坠,最大的陨石坑充满幽兰的湖水,在太空中看起来像一只大眼睛,因此陨石坑又被称为“魁北克之眼”。从繁华的都市来到了荒凉狂野的“外星基地”,这里的一切自然风光不同于其他地方,处处充满神秘色彩,陨石坑——这个外星杰作,在此时是地球的见证者,它见证了地球几亿年的历史,不得不说这个坑的气势,临近坑的边缘风很大,步入坑中却是满目荒凉。我们一行人在巨大的坑中行走显得孤单而渺小,同行的驴友说不管我们内心是如何强大,但是此刻我们真像盘中的一只小蚂蚁。周围景点曼尼古根水库曼尼古根发电站交通信息有一条通往拉布拉多市的公路从东边通过,可以自驾也可以搭乘便车,交通很方便。