Canadian space agency shares image of 108 million yr old ‘Moon Crater’ with roads, buildings. Netizens react

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NASA as the source of the photo. What amused the netizens the most was the presence of human-made structures around the crater. The post also erupted humurous remarks and jokes on the Canadian Space Agency.

After some time, it became clear that the image was mistakenly uploaded as that of Moon's Tycho Crater. But it was actually of Barringer Meteor Crater located in Arizona, United States, a spot known to attract tourists. After the mistake, Canadian Space Agency immediately deleted the post.

But it was too late, as the micro-blogging site was filled with tweets mocking the space agency for its mistake. One X user shared the image of Barringer Meteor Crater and captioned it as 'Actual photo of me on the moon, according to Canada's Space Agency.' “Canada's Space agency just tried to pass off a photo of Arizona as a crater on the moon. Speaks volumes about Trudeau's government," tweeted another user.

“I find it disturbing that Canada has acquired a space agency at a time when Canadians can't distinguish the Moon from Arizona," tweeted user named CoolCzech. “This isn’t April Fools, or is it in Canada? You realise this is an Earth crater with human development," tweeted another user. At the end, the post was also flagged by X community notes.

It said, “The location shown is not Tycho Crater but Meteor Crater. It is not on the Moon's southern hemisphere, but on Earth, in Arizona, about an hour's drive away from Flagstaff. It is not thought to be 108 million years old, but a mere 50,000 years old.