
Some call it Lonar crater.
It’s said to be about fifty two thousand years plus/minus six thousand years.
It was said to be formed when a meteorite impacted with the earth between 35,000 to 50,000 years ago.
It is located at Lonar, Buldhana district, Maharastra in India.
It is estimated to have a diameter of about 3,900 feet.
A research revealed that the minerals found in this lake is similar with those found in rocks in the moon.
The beautiful thing about the water found in this lake is that it is both saline and alkaline.
The outer region has water with a neutral PH of 7, while the inner region has a PH of 11.
Surprisingly, these two regions do not mix and they both have their own different flora and fauna.
This lake happens to be a beautiful tourist centre in india and what most people don’t know is that the late was borne out of an asteroid collision with the earth.