India is a country of wonders, a country where myth, history, and nature weave an interesting fabric of the unknown.

Crater 'significantly challenged previous assumptions about our planet's ancient history' A giant crater 2km across and 170m deep, formed by a meteorite, is the location of India's Lonar Lake.

Initially believed to be of volcanic origin, the Lonar lake is now recognized as to have been created by the hypervelocity impact of either a comet or a meteorite about 52,000 years ago.

Lonar lake in Maharashtra, world's only saltwater lake in basaltic rock, is believed to have been formed by a meteorite that hit Earth around 52,000 years ago ...