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You have to love the giant black dot on the yucatan when you set it to the extinction of the dinosaurs.
by Teknoman117 8y ago
You have to love the giant black dot on the yucatan when you set it to the extinction of the dinosaurs.
- anonytrary 8y agoNice catch. That dot is surprisingly small to have caused so much hoopla, but I guess it makes sense when you think about it.
- mysterypie 8y agoThe first time I read (in school) about an asteroid hitting the Gulf of Mexico and causing the extinction of the dinosaurs, I looked at a map and sure enough the Gulf of Mexico looked like a big round hole where the asteroid must have hit. Later I realized that the dinosaur-killing crater is much smaller and buried and hidden at the edge of the Gulf of Mexico. I also learned that the Gulf of Mexico was formed to due plate tectonics, not due to an impact. What an odd coincidence that the dinosaur-killing asteroid hit a location on the Earth that looks just like a huge crater, but isn't a crater at all.