The Cretaceous-Tertiary (KT) extinction event,also known as the KT boundary,was a period of massive extinction of species that occurred about 65.5 million years ago. The spheres shown here represent material that was melted from a large meteorite impact. Flung high into the earths atmosphere,these hot particles rained down,killing most life on the planet. These specimens are from Spain and were photographed at 50x magnification | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Kinsman, Edward |
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