CGI Simulation of an extinction class asteroid hitting the earth - god's reset button

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Bumrush99

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Originally posted by: Specop 007
Originally posted by: Reggae4k
Originally posted by: Specop 007
Originally posted by: Reggae4k
i don't know how many of you guys know this but this actually happened in Earth's early history. This is how the moon formed. Earth was once larger and an object the size of Mars smacked into it and stripped Earth of its outer layer, that layer then combined due to gravity and we now know that to be the moon.

Then where did all the water come from?

water, as abundant as it seems, covers 75% of the Earth's surface, but it is little compared to the total mass of the Earth. the water, of course came from somewhere towards the center of earth. i sense doubt in my logic. a simple google search of "how the moon formed" might ease your doubts

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/moonwhack_side_000901.html

that is one source of good information.

Your first mistake is passing theory off as fact.
Which means you've discredited yourself and I wont believe a damn thing you tell me.


How would he or anyone else know if it's a fact?? Common sense would dictate that a post about a collision 5 billion years ago was a theory. Why is that so complex to understand?

Or are you just flaming this thread for no good reason?
 

Orsorum

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Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
What exactly was the gaseous flame cloud going around the earth? Any guesses?

I'm going to guess ejecta from the collision, consisting primarily of pieces of the crust, upper mantle, and mantle, as well as pieces of the bolide.
 

Taggart

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right at the beginning before the camera moves right next to earth the meteor looks like the death star :laugh:
 

wfbberzerker

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Originally posted by: Specop 007
Originally posted by: Reggae4k
Originally posted by: Specop 007
Originally posted by: Reggae4k
i don't know how many of you guys know this but this actually happened in Earth's early history. This is how the moon formed. Earth was once larger and an object the size of Mars smacked into it and stripped Earth of its outer layer, that layer then combined due to gravity and we now know that to be the moon.

Then where did all the water come from?

water, as abundant as it seems, covers 75% of the Earth's surface, but it is little compared to the total mass of the Earth. the water, of course came from somewhere towards the center of earth. i sense doubt in my logic. a simple google search of "how the moon formed" might ease your doubts

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/moonwhack_side_000901.html

that is one source of good information.

Your first mistake is passing theory off as fact.
Which means you've discredited yourself and I wont believe a damn thing you tell me.

oh no, dont' tell me you don't believe in evolution either.
 

Eli

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Originally posted by: KDOG
Did anyone notice how it hit right on the United States?
It did? It looked like it hit the ocean to me.

That was freakin intense, though. :Q

And yeah, I agree.. that ain't no reset, that's game over.

I doubt anything would survive that, not even the bacteria that thrive in volcanic ocean vents...
 

Queasy

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Unicron attacks!

/Transformers geek

Heh...they needed a shot of Japanese people running down the street away from the oncoming firestorm.
 

Specop 007

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Originally posted by: Bumrush99
How would he or anyone else know if it's a fact?? Common sense would dictate that a post about a collision 5 billion years ago was a theory. Why is that so complex to understand?

Or are you just flaming this thread for no good reason?

Originally posted by: Reggae4k
i don't know how many of you guys know this but this actually happened in Earth's early history. This is how the moon formed. Earth was once larger and an object the size of Mars smacked into it and stripped Earth of its outer layer, that layer then combined due to gravity and we now know that to be the moon.

Sounds pretty "factual" to me. The whole "this actually happened" part.
Yes, I'm sure thats exactly how it happened.
 

Specop 007

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Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: KDOG
Did anyone notice how it hit right on the United States?
It did? It looked like it hit the ocean to me.

That was freakin intense, though. :Q

And yeah, I agree.. that ain't no reset, that's game over.

I doubt anything would survive that, not even the bacteria that thrive in volcanic ocean vents...

All depends how deep you dig the bunker. ;)
 

KDOG

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If you watch it all the way till the end, it shows the impact crater right on the US, you can tell cause you can see South America right below it. Unless I'm mistaken...

***Nevermind, I'm wrong.*** So long and thanks for all the fish!