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The Dinosaur Killer Returns
Major Asteroid Impact
"What if a large asteroid struck Earth?"
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First 24 Hours
Impact Day
The Aftermath
First Year
The New Reality
Twenty Years Later
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Impact Day
The Impact
A 10km asteroid strikes the Atlantic Ocean, releasing energy equivalent to 100 million nuclear bombs.
Key Points
- 1Energy release: 100 teratons TNT
- 2Impact crater 200km wide
- 3Global seismic shaking
- 4Mega-tsunamis circum-Atlantic
- 5Ejecta ignites global firestorms
Statistics
100TT TNT
Impact energy
200km
Crater diameter
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