@nebulaspace_: 🪐 66 million years ago — the Chicxulub asteroid strikes the Yucatán Peninsula 🌊 It triggers earthquakes, global tsunamis, and firestorms ☁️ Dust, sulfur, and soot fill the atmosphere → Impact winter begins 🧊 Photosynthesis collapses. Temperatures drop worldwide 🌋 Meanwhile, massive volcanic eruptions — the Deccan Traps — release CO₂ and toxic gases 🌡️ After the cooling… comes intense greenhouse warming 💀 The result? The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) mass extinction 🦖 Around 75% of all species, including non-avian dinosaurs, disappear #astronomy #crater #space #4k #universe #edit #dinosaur #extinct #globalwarning #wildfire #earth #66