Well This is Terrifying…
September 1st, 2008, 10 Comments »
Watch this CG footage from the Discovery Channel, depicting a 500 km-wide asteroid striking the Earth. Note how it peels away the Earth’s crust like you might dig the skin off an apple with your fingernail.
If you don’t watch until the end, here’s the punchline. That’s happened at least six times in Earth’s history. Fingers crossed, eh?