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Simulation of a Large Asteroid Impact on Earth

Anselmo La Manna · Demo · 5 min · 2011 · YouTube title: Discovery Channel - Large Asteroid Impact Simulation
Why it's here

HN commenters link it to convey the scale of asteroid impacts, such as the one that killed the dinosaurs, or of ejecta and tsunamis.

What it covers

A Discovery Channel computer simulation of a large asteroid impact on Earth, showing the scale of the devastation. It sits in a broader context of early Earth impacts and the moon-forming collision.