The catastrophic Tuesday morning that paved the way for human life
In short: Explore a minute-by-minute reconstruction of the day the dinosaurs ended. This video tracks the precise sequence of events following a massive asteroid impact, illustrating how a planetary disaster served as Earth's ultimate reset button.
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid roughly six miles wide struck Earth while traveling at 40,000 miles per hour. The resulting catastrophe unfolded over just 11 minutes, triggering immediate environmental collapse including unimaginable fire and mega-tsunamis.
The impact initiated a two-year global winter that fundamentally altered the planet's trajectory. While it caused the extinction of dinosaurs who had ruled for 180 million years, this 'reset button' created the conditions necessary for modern life to emerge.
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