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The Desktop Treasure Hunter

By Carolin Neumann

Part 3: Meteorite Crater in Western Australia

It was pure chance -- and Google Earth -- that led to Arthur Hickman becoming a virtual explorer and a namesake. In 2007 he was browsing in Google Earth and happened upon a meteorite crater in the wastelands of Western Australia.

Researchers later confirmed the existence of the Hickman Crater -- measuring 260 meters (853 feet) in circumference and believed to be between 10,000 and 100,000 years old.

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