Image of the Day:
The Mazsalaca Impact Crater, Latvia
Authorities in Latvia said the 15-m crater near the northern town of Mazsalaca was probably caused by a meteorite. Photo: AFP. Image may be subject to copyright.
A Hoax?
Geologist Dainis Ozols of North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve says “the object in Mazsalaca, thought to be a meteorite, is merely smoky ember of chemical elements” and that the wide crater formed around it is man-made.
Not a Hoax!
Uldis Nulle, the head of geology department at Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Center believes that a meteorite created the crater, a report said.
To solve the mystery, two geologists and two astronomers have since traveled to the Mazsalaca site to examine the crater.
Fire Earth 