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Amid forested landscape that occupies the majority of the image, including the entirety of the upper left to the center of the image, is a crescent shaped ridge labeled the Yilan crater. The Balan river is labeled along the right edge of the image in the upper portion and the surrounding land appears to be segmented into farmed pale green fields. The land along the bottom of the image also consists of many divided strips, though of grays browns and near white colors.

Blast From the Past: Young Impact Crater Uncovered in Yilan

The 50,000-year-old crater is relatively young, and only the second discovered in China.

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