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.. with e/thing quite feasibly ending up looking s/thing like this some 2-3b.y. later. No surer way to make Earth bigger (any day of the week).
#geology #cracktectonics #platetectonics #tectonics #subduction #structuralgeology #volcanoes #orogeny #epeirogeny #geomorphology 07/21
This classic 2008 video broadcasted by the Discovery Channel shows what would happen if a large asteroid (diameter ~ 500 km) hit the Earth somewhere in the Pacific Ocean [source, by Anselmo La Manna + read more: buff.ly/3DlBgcq-]