Came upon this rather amazing (and frightening) animated representation of what might happen to the Earth as the result of an impact by a 400 mi. diameter asteroid. It was originally part of a Japanese TV program. This version has the original Japanese narration replaced by music. (If anyone speaks Japanese and would like to listen to the original version, it's at the attached link.)

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-marco

• With Original Japanese Narration