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Did they find the meteor that made Crater Lake?

Answer: This is not a meteor crater – a hole made by the impact of a big rock from space – so there is no meteor to find. Rather, this is a volcanic caldera – a hole made by the collapse of a volcano.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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