Theoretical Asteroid Impact 20 Miles Off The Shore Of New York

This series depicts a theoretical 6-mile diameter asteroid impacting Earth 20 miles off the coast of New York, starting out in the asteroid belt, where a larger asteroid is bumped out of its orbit by a smaller impactor. Over time, this asteroid eventually crosses paths with Earth.

The impact completely wipes out most of New York, and leaves the majority of the east coast in flames. An initial dome-shaped shock wave propagates outward from the impact, flattening everything in its path. Debris from the impact is scattered into the upper atmosphere & beyond, some of it achieving a temporary earth orbit. Over time, some of that material forms rings around the earth which would gradually vanish as that material either falls back and burns up in the atmosphere as shooting stars, or travels further out into a space, leaving Earth.

This was created at Radical 3D for the Animal Planet miniseries, "Animal Armageddon".

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• LightWave 3D animation
• Dave Jerrard

[nitemare111]

Thank you for NOT including a crappy soundtrack. Very nice simulation.

[aqp6000]

thats a pretty planet...

[CTyrannosaur]

Great video, I enjoy this kind of stuff. The show this comes from, Animal Armageddon is great too.

[pyrix]

Thatssss a very nice planet you have there. Be a shame if something were to happen to it...

[Manadox97]

Well, that's that.

[cha45s3]

La animacion excelente, no se que pasaria si nos pegara este asteroide de 9 km. de diametro , es decir seria da;o total, he visto un meteoro de 70 cm. de diametro que pesaba 800 kg. podemos imaginar el peso de este?? de ahi el desastre q puede ocasionar.

cha45s3