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He saw a pit on Google Maps. It turned out to be a 390-million-year-old meteor crater

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Amateur astronomer Joël Lapointe identified a previously unknown 25-kilometer-diameter meteor crater in Quebec's Côte-Nord region via Google Maps in 2024; a team of four researchers confirmed it as a 390-million-year-old impact site in 2025 and will present findings at the Meteoritical Society congress.

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He saw a pit on Google Maps. It turned out to be a 390-million-year-old meteor crater

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