El cráter de Chicxulub, formado por el impacto del meteorito que extinguió a los dinosaurios, tiene unas dimensiones colosales: Diámetro: aproximadamente 180 kilómetros (incluso algunas estimaciones lo extienden a 200 km). Profundidad original: alrededor de 20 km, aunque con el paso de millones de años se ha ido rellenando con sedimentos. Para ponerlo en perspectiva: Es tan grande que cubriría por completo ciudades enteras como Londres, Nueva York o Ciudad de México. Es uno de los cráteres de im

This is the Chicxulub Crater, a colossal scar left on Earth around 66 million years ago when a massive asteroid crashed into the planet. Formed by unimaginable force, the crater is a reminder of the day an impact reshaped life on Earth forever. The collision released energy equal to billions of nuclear bombs. In its aftermath, wildfires raged, tsunamis swept across oceans, and thick clouds of debris darkened the skies for months. Without sunlight, plants died, food chains collapsed, and about 75

The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact - The Day the Dinosaurs Died One of the deepest scars on our planet is hidden beneath the Yucatán Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico. The buried crater, over 90 miles in diameter, was created when a massive asteroid struck the planet 66 million years ago and brought a calamitous end to the reign of dinosaurs. Though dinosaur extinction probably took weeks or months, in just one day, 425 feet of material accumulated where the asteroid hit with the power of 10 billion a