VIDEO - That is a global warming "The end of the world"

[pcpfan]

This is how it would look like if a big meteorite would hit the Earth.

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The fragile blue marble we live on and we take for granted.

that's a little scary. let's hope it doesn't happen for a 7th time...atleast not in our lifetime!

Pcpfan

[crmcatee]

Would there be a meteor tax to be paid ?

[Mikey G]

Looks like it would be a good day to go surfing

[Spiritual_Beggar]

Loving the soundtrack

Though the size of that asteroid is a lot bigger than the one that killed the dinosaurs. That's more like the size of the one that collided with the Earth during the birth of the planets, creating the moon.

Edited by Spiritual_Beggar on Monday 2nd February 18:04

[caduceus]

Now THATS global warming

[THX138]

Gordon Brown will no doubt tell us Britain is best placed to survive this geographic downturn!

[mybrainhurts]

That would cut the heating bill...

[groucho]

That's a big rock.

[shalmaneser]

good simulation, although i understand that the chances of that happening are actually minimal - there aren't any rocks that big flying around the inner solar system anymore - they've all hit something by now...although a smaller one would still ruin your day.

Great vid though.

[Eric Mc]

An event like that has definitely NOT happened six times in earth's history. As has been pointed out, the earth did undergo an impact with a Mars sixed object very, very early on in its history. Since then, the impacts have been by much smaller objects. The meteor reputed to have brought about the dinosaur's extinction was probably only a few miles across - not 500.

The object shown in that simulation is of asteroid size and any object of that size in our solar system with an orbit likely to coincide with the earth would have been discovered sometime within the past 200 years.

Edited by Eric Mc on Monday 2nd February 18:13

[pcpfan]

The only near catastrophic event that has occured was in siberia. A meteor came into contact with earth's atmosphere but due to friction from the atmosphere the meteor exploded before impact causing trees to be flattened and burned. No real damage or deaths occured.

[DAVEVO9]

pcpfan said:

The only near catastrophic event that has occured was in siberia. A meteor came into contact with earth's atmosphere but due to friction from the atmosphere the meteor exploded before impact causing trees to be flattened and burned. No real damage or deaths occured.

I think a few hundred reindeer had a bad day

[pugwash4x4]

[quote=Eric Mc]Since then, the impacts have been by much smaller objects. The meteor reputed to have brought about the dinosaur's extinction was probably only a few miles across - not 500.
quote]
New Scientist had an interesting article about the whys and wherefores of he extinction of dinosaurs.

wasn't instantaneous- in fact it took them longer to die out than it has for us to stand up and start talking!

not sure the point i'm making- but i found it interesting anyway

[Eric Mc]

pugwash4x4 said:

Eric Mc said:

Since then, the impacts have been by much smaller objects. The meteor reputed to have brought about the dinosaur's extinction was probably only a few miles across - not 500.
quote]
New Scientist had an interesting article about the whys and wherefores of he extinction of dinosaurs.

wasn't instantaneous- in fact it took them longer to die out than it has for us to stand up and start talking!

not sure the point i'm making- but i found it interesting anyway

Since the meteorite/dinosaur theory first emerged in the late 1970s it has assumed the credence of "hard fact" - which it is not.

It still is a pretty good theory though and lots of evidence for a significant meteor strike occuring 65 million years ago has now been revealed. However, it still doesn't really explain why dinosaurs (and certain other species) were singled out for extinction.