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Pastimes : IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: kinkblot who wrote (345)	12/20/2000 9:33:16 PM
From: Volsi Mimir	Respond to of 480

New Crater Found Down Under space.com SYDNEY, Australia – A new crater, the world’s fourth-largest at 75 miles (120 kilometers) across, has been found in western Australia. Scientists believe the impact crater was caused by a 3-mile (5-kilometer) wide asteroid slamming into the area, causing a wave of extinction 200 million to 360 million years ago. Upon impact, massive earthquakes pulsated out hundreds of miles (kilometers) from the site. Local animal life was vaporized by intense heat or pulverized by massive sonic waves. The crash also fostered regional volcanic activity and almost certainly sparked tsunamis, or tidal waves, in the nearby ocean. Worst of all, the violent crash must have shot huge amounts of dust into the sky that blocked out the sun for months, killing plant and animal life dependent upon stable atmospheric conditions. which lead to: The Five Worst Extinctions in Earth's History--- space.com interesting read. asking Santa for a helmet and a head start. Q: Which three planets spin the opposite way than earth? A: msnbc.com