A mysterious anomaly with a diameter of 7 kilometers was discovered near Novosibirsk. The shape of the depression resembles a crater from a meteorite fall.
As SHOT found out, the Novopolyanskaya anomaly is located in the Bolotninsky district - between the villages of Novaya Polyana and Krasevo. In satellite images it looks like an almost perfect circle with a diameter of about 7 km. Along the edges there is a dirt embankment, and inside there is a marshy lowland.
Members of the Novosibirsk Astronomical Society, along with an expert from the local university, went to the site to solve the mystery. Using two off-road vehicles, the delegation reached the hard-to-reach territory, measured the relief, dug two investigation pits and took soil samples.
Now researchers are considering several versions: from the fall of an ancient meteorite to an old river bed or sinking into the ground. But so far none of them have been confirmed. Scientists are going to continue the expeditions and study samples in the laboratory.
We previously wrote about an unexplored anomaly in Lake Baikal. There they found an area about 400 meters long where compasses had failed. Under the ground, researchers came across dome-shaped objects, and nearby - two artificial ravines and an old pickaxe.