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Lonar crater lake

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Lonar crater lake Lake in India  (BY Aman Verma) Maharashtra’s mystical and most well kept secret is the Lonar Lake, thanks to a meteor hitting earth over 52,000 years ago. Yup, you heard that right, 52,000 years ago! Hence the Lonar Lake was formed. This is the Earth’s largest and only hyper-velocity impact crater in basaltic rock. And was created when a 2 million tonne meteor whilst plummeting towards earth at 90,000 km/hr gouged a hole which was 150 m deep and 1.8 km wide! Why is the Lonar Lake a mystery? Even with almost 30,000 to 1,50,000 meteors that plummet towards Earth each year, this one actually hit and created the Lonar Lake. Not many people are aware of this beautiful and mysterious place. Why mysterious, you ask? Well, the lake has made even NASA scientists and Geological Survey of India officials question their theories and wonder how is it possible. The lake is both alkaline and saline & micro-organisms which are rarely found any...

A Journey - Rajaji National Park

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R ajaji National Park     A wide variety of flora and fauna can easily be seen at  Rajaji National park. Let me tell you brief about the park .  b Rajaji National Park  is an Indian  national park  and  tiger reserve. The park is spread over  820 sq. km and covers three districts of Uttraknand i.e., Haridwar, Dehradun and Pauri. There is a map of the park On the right hand .The park been declared    a tiger reserve in 15 April 2015 .  The park is home to the  Tiger, Leopard, Himalayan Bear, Cheetal, hog deer, barking deer, Sambar deer, wild boar, antelopes such as the Nilgai, Goral , Jackal, Hyena, Jungle Cat, Leopard Cat, Civets, Himalayan Yellow-Throated Marten, Sloth Bears, Pythons, King Cobra, Common Krait, Indian Cobra and the Monitor Lizard and   above All  the Asian Elephant .   Rajaji is thickly foliated predominantly by the Rajaji is th...