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DarkSyde put this up over at dKos, mesmerizing and profound. Nature can reset Evolution’s clock at anytime.
Discovery Channel’s slo-mo cgi of an asteroid impact set to “The Great Gig in the Sky” from Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon.
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| By: Elliott Saturday March 9, 2013 12:12 pm | |
DarkSyde put this up over at dKos, mesmerizing and profound. Nature can reset Evolution’s clock at anytime.
Discovery Channel’s slo-mo cgi of an asteroid impact set to “The Great Gig in the Sky” from Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon.
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9 Comments
No fair!
and beautifully scary.
Great simulation. That’s not just any asteroid, that a Ceres sized asteroid. Fortunately it’s in a very stable orbit as such a collision wouldn’t be an extinction event so much as a sterilizing event.
Thanks, Ellie, that does make some of our minor bustups seem pretty silly.
Context, baby. Never forget context.
Hi Ellie!
Wow.
So beautiful, thanks!
I just hope I’m not around then ;)
x 2