Contest #283 answer: Carancas meteor impact site, Puno region, Peru

On september 15, 2007 a meteorite crashed into Peru, near the Bolivian border at a place called Carancas.

Carancas

It left a 13 meter wide hole in the ground and caused illness to 600 villagers living nearby, possibly caused by sulphuric vapor from the explosion.

Those who smelled the sulphur:

  • Felix Bossert
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