Science | Interesting | How it works on Instagram: "This is the Chicxulub crater, formed when a massive asteroid slammed into Earth around 66 million years ago. A crater is a giant bowl-shaped hole created when something huge collides with the ground. That impact released energy like billions of nuclear bombs - causing wildfires, tsunamis, and throwing so much dust into the air that sunlight was blocked for months. Plants died, food chains collapsed, and eventually dinosaurs went extinct, along

Computer simulation recreates the giant tsunami that washed over the dying dinosaurs

Chicxulub impact visualization

Clip D30_45_863, from Dissolve