Saaremaa, Estonia · Bronze Age
A rock from space dug this lake
A rock from space hit an island in Estonia about 3,500 years ago. Scientists estimate the blast matched an early atomic bomb and left a big crater.
What is said in this reel
A rock from space dug this lake, and people probably watched it happen. Stay and see where a piece of it ended up. It hit about 3,500 years ago in the Bronze Age. Scientists estimate the blast matched an early atomic bomb. So where is this? An island in Estonia. One big crater, eight small ones. Some blame volcanoes or sinkholes. Then in the 1930s, iron from space turned up in the ground. Later people walled the crater left silver in animal bones. A sacred place. Now about that piece. A Swiss museum holds an arrowhead. 2800 years old. Its iron fell from space. Researchers think it may have come from this crater. So who dug this lake?
Credits and sources
- "Mörigen.jpg" by 02skyliner34, CC BY-SA 4.0
- "Kaali crater meteorite" by Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0
- "Mörigen (Iron).jpg" by Beda A. Hofmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 (all via Wikimedia Commons)
- Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Wilson44691 and Martin Jakobson / Saaremaa Museum (public domain)
- Drone footage: YouTube videos by Captain MSN, Marko Palm and JORONAMY
- Cross-section: AI-generated illustration (labelled on screen). Impact animation: Antropeo (Blender). Maps: Natural Earth (public domain).
- Music: Lightless Dawn by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 4.0
- Narration: AI-generated voice.
