Deciphering India’s Luna Crater

New analysis of a round depression in the salty plains of the Kutch Basin revealed telltale signs of a prehistoric meteorite impact.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Deciphering India’s Luna Crater.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published April 22, 2024
Data acquired February 24, 2024