Last Day of the Dinosaurs Page #2

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but key to understanding

what follows.

The asteroid's trajectory is shallow.

It flies in at about 30 angle

to the surface.

This means the full brunt

of its destructive power

will be thrown to the north of

the impact point.

Even before the fireball

touches down,

its sheer brightness in the sky

is unimaginable.

the light is so intense

that makes the Alamosaurus' flesh

seem transparent.

And burns flash frames

of their shadows onto the ground.

The scorching light sears

their eyeballs,

They have no way of

seeing what's headed their way,

but they can feel it.

An explosive force

of a hundred million megaton,

more powerful than all the nuclear

weapons ever built.

If the asteroid had

crashed into deep ocean,

some of the force

would have been absorbed.

Instead, it hits the shallow waters

of the gulf of Mexico.

which instantly vaporized.

In fraction of a second,

the entire asteroid

disintegrates into the planet.

Earth and rock also vaporized

in our hurled skyworld

at 100,000 miles an hour

Behind them,

earth's crust

explode from the ground.

the air temperature

now reaches 600 degrees

Hot enough to boil away

the water in the dinosaurs' skin.

which escapes with

sudden bursts of steam.

The fiery blast suck every

drop of moisture from the vegetation.

Anything directly exposed

to the blistering heat...

is simply boiled alive.

Just 108 seconds after impact

in the Gulf of Mexico

The bright streams of vaporized rock

can be seen in the

Pacific Northwest.

From their clifftop ruse

a breeding pair of Quetzalcoatlus

can see the glow of the fireball

high above the horizon

... 3,000 miles away.

That's how big it is.

Just 2 minutes has passed

since the asteroid

slammed into the Earth.

The body count back near

the crash site is amass.

Surprisingly, there are survivors.

Those lucky enough

to be shielded by a mountain

are spare the worse of the light

in heat blast.

But three more waves

of destruction are coming.

On impact,

boulders the size of buildings

blasted into the air

at supersonic speeds.

But what goes up...

... Must come down.

Hundreds of surviving Alamosaurus

are bombarded from above.

A second wave

hits from below.

An earthquake measuring

Nearly 60 times more powerful

than any earthquake

humans have experienced.

The third wave is the

blast postwave.

Radiating outward

in a perfect circle.

Packing a force that rips

through air

faster than

the speed of sound.

Stripping skin from flesh.

Lifting 30 ton dinosaurs

into the air like so many ragdolls.

Just 5 minutes have

passed since impact.

And three waves of destruction

have decimated an entire species.

Many other species

of dinosaurs in the region

shared the Alamosaurus' fate.

Most of the eggs too,

have been destroyed.

And the Earth

is a powerful protector.

Some eggs, buried in a cold ground

have survived.

New Alamosaurus life is growing.

There is still hope...

...for now.

An immense boulder

the size of mount everest

crashes into the gulf of Mexico,

driving entire species

of dinosaurs to extinction

in less than five minutes.

But the worst is still to come.

On the other side of the planet,

there is still no sign of trouble.

Mongolia is 8,000 miles

from the impact.

This scrubland here supports

hundreds of dinosaur species.

For a family of Kronosaurus,

it's business as usual

at a favorite watering hole.

They can weigh 4 tons

and grow to 40 feet in length.

But they're vegetarians

and docile,

except when they have to defend

themselves or their offspring.

which are now

at their most vulnerable

to the hungry predators

that lurk around every corner.

Armed with a Razor-Sharp,

oversized claw on its hind feet,

this is the jackal

of the Cretaceous Period.

Suurornithoides,

a very smart reptile.

Its brain-to-body-weight ratio

is among the highest

of any dinosaur.

It's hungry, but it knows better than

to take on a full grown Kronosaurus...

not when there are

easier targets,

In its rush to eat

The thief doesn't get as far

away from the enraged mother

as it should.

And it can smell its mistake.

It's a Mexican standoff

between two very

different kinds of dinosaur.

One has the speed and

smart of a carnivore

but the other is

But the large herbivores of this world

aren't made for fighting

And that's exactly what the

Saurornithoides is counting on,

especially when he's got backup.

Speed and strategy give

these small hunters the edge.

But neither great size nor

great intelligence is any guarantee

of safety from the kind of enemy

that is now approaching.

On the other side of the planet,

A fireball rises 100 miles

above ground zero.

pulverized stone and earth

fill the upper atmosphere

with a cloud of

microscopic dust and glass,

and it's spreading fast.

This is the Ejecta Cloud.

As the dust spreads

at high altitude,

trillions of tiny particles

re-enter the Atmosphere.

The friction creates

intense heat...

A 15,000-degree dust cloud

heating up everything beneath it.

From their Cliff-Top Perch

in the Pacific Northwest,

the male and female Quetzalcoatlus

have a clear view of the approaching cloud.

Down in the valley, a thick

ocean fog blocks out the sky.

The heavy blanket of moisture makes it

impossible to see the coming apocalypse.

But the animals down here

do get a warning.

Not from above,

but from below.

When the asteroid struck,

most of the energy

is deflected out or up.

Only 1% of the force

travels down into the ground.

But it's enough to ring

the planet like a bell.

Seismic waves radiate both

across and through the Earth.

after impact,

they reach the Pacific Northwest.

In the valley, the ground shakes as the 11.1

earthquake ripples through the ground.

Triceratops panic of

the sight of the valley

in a desperate attempt

to escape the tremors

and falling debris.

Smaller animals take

shelter on the ground.

Meanwhile,

The ejecta cloud is approaching

at 10,000 miles/hour

It bakes the Earth

with unrelented heat.

Million of volts

of static electricity

charge the cloud

like a giant battery,

creating a vast electrical storm.

Superheated rocks

shower the valley.

A burning hell.

The Quetzalcoatlus are fleeing

the quake's devastation below

But there's no way to hide

from a rain of fire.

Only the valley floor

can provide shelter,

but there too big

to descend quickly.

Until the males'

tattered wings

can no longer keep him aloft.

If his mate doesn't find shelter,

she'll be next.

On the mountain slopes,

a pair of Triceratops

emerges above the cool sea nest.

They're almost out of the

quake ravaged valley

when the ejecta cloud arrives...

Like a blowtorch.

A dinosaur paradise

just hours ago...

North America is

now a living hell.

But the Ejecta

isn't finished yet,

not by a long shot.

Less than an hour

since the asteroid impact,

hundreds of species of dinosaurs

lie devastated

across the western hemisphere.

The ejecta cloud continues

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