CRETACEOUS ASTEROID EXTINCTION SUMMARY: This color sketch represents a Late CRETACEOUS PERIOD asteroid -- perhaps as much as 6 MILES wide -- beginning to heat up as it first enters Earth's atmosphere at an altitude of some 300,000 to 400,000 feet. Approaching the southern Caribbean from the southeast at a shallow, 30 degree angle to Earth's surface, the asteroid is only a few seconds from direct impact in this illustration.
ILLUSTRATION #1: K/T BOUNDARY Extinction-Level Event KILLER ASTEROID as it first enters Earth's atmosphere!
ILLUSTRATION #2: "Hey, that's NO burning bush!" / Illustration Courtesy of © DOUGLAS HENDERSON
ILLUSTRATION #3: Direct ASTEROID IMPACT in southern Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula region! This is called the CHICXULUB Crater, which was named for a local village.
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