Lochnagar Mine Crater – It is really astonishing how much humanity can alter the face of the earth. Not only can they create massive craters, which seem like a crater from meteors, but they also leave a great impact that can be seen from space. However, this crater was caused by a huge explosion on 1 July 1916. It looks extremely large, 90 feet deep and 300 feet across. It is nowhere large enough to be viewed from space even.
A widespread misconception is that the Great Wall of China can be seen from space. In reality, though, it is impossible. Not only is it of the same color as the earth near it, but it is also not that wide. Deforestation, on the other hand, can be visibly seen from space. Moreover, at night, all the lights that the large cities produce are also very visible.
The Lochnagar Mine Crater in the 1916 Somme battlefields in France is actually the largest man-made mine crater made in the First World War on the Western Front. It was laid by the British Army’s 179th Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers underneath a German strong point often called “Schwaben Höhe”. The mine exploded two minutes before 07.30 am Zero Hour at the launch of the British offensive against the German lines on the morning of 1st July 1916.
There are a number of memorials at the site of the crater, as well as a memorial seat. Therefore an annual ceremony takes place every year at a wooden cross at the crater on 1 July to commemorate the first day of the Somme offensive.
Lochnagar Mine Crater is a popular place on the western front because the crater receives around 75,000 visitors a year. The crater itself was caused by two charges of ammonal, 24,000lb, and 30,000lb. Moreover, debris from the explosion rose some 4,000ft into the air.
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