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Matej Lipar, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University

A man scouring Google Earth found a mysterious scar in the Australian outback – and now scientists know what caused it

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Earlier this year, a caver was poring over satellite images of the Nullarbor Plain when he came across something unexpected: an enormous, mysterious scar etched into the barren landscape.

The find intrigued scientists, including my colleagues and I. Upon closer investigation, we realised the scar was created by a ferocious tornado that no-one knew had occurred. We outline the findings in new research published today.

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