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Blast From the Past: Sweden’s Siljan Ring

The idyllic region of Dalarna County is the site of an ancient, powerful collision.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Blast From the Past: Sweden’s Siljan Ring.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Kathryn Hansen.

Published July 6, 2025
Data acquired June 24, 2020

Source:: Landsat 8 > OLI