Yucatán · 66.043 Ma

Chicxulub impact

A cinematic reconstruction of the asteroid that ended the Mesozoic. Press start to open the frame.

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Yucatán · 66.043 Ma

The ten-kilometre asteroid that ended the Mesozoic and wintered the world.

Telemetry

PhaseApproach

Speed20.0 km/s

Diameter10 km

Energy1×10⁸ Mt

Altitude—

Dust cover0%

Impact camera Lock to impact site

Layers

Crater floor

↳ sub-components

Albedo (colour map) Emissive glow (craterEmit) Roughness map (glassy sheen) Vertex tint (melt/ash) See-through (low opacity)

Boulders Melt glow Ejecta blanket Scorch / fire Ground fog Debris particles Clouds Shockwave ring Impact bloom Thermal pulse glow Tsunami ring

Terminal approach

T−34.5 min · Approximate event time · Time compressed

A carbonaceous chondrite falls out of the late Cretaceous sky toward a shallow tropical sea.