Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Blame it on the Comet


With all the buzz about making Deep Impact with a comet, I am beginning to see things more clearly.


http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/deepimpact_front/index.html

Sixty-five million years ago, planet earth was braving the third period of the Mesozoic Age. First came Triassic...then came Spielberg, I mean, Jurassic.



The third period was Cretaceous.

During this Period, a prodigious comet (or conceivably an asteroid) impacted upon what is now commonly accepted as the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico with the force of a hundred million hydrogen bombs. Some comet.



The resulting tsunami and subsequent impact winter wiped out a flourishing species at the pinnacle of the food chain: Dinosaurs.



The absence of dinosaurs allowed for the eventual emergence of new dominant species, Homo sapiens:


So...in your next moment of human-induced fury, frustration, commiseration, or despair, endeavor a fresh perspective and: Blame it on the comet.

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Posted on 07/06 at 04:17 AM
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