File:Yarrabubba crater in Western Australia.jpg

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The Yarrabubba crater in Western Australia is now believed to be the world's oldest impact crater, at some 2.2 billion years old.

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The image appears on a website entitled, "Scientists just discovered that an asteroid may have ended 'Snowball Earth' 2.2 billion years ago" at https://www.baxterbulletin.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/21/snowball-earth-oldest-asteroid-impact-site-discovered-australia/4531149002/.

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21 January 2020 (upload date)

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Chris Kirkland

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