Sep 4 2008This Is What Would Happen...
If a large meteor hit earth because Superman is dead or we couldn't blow it up like in that movie Armageddon which totally did not make me cry when I watched it.
Watch the video for death and destruction set to Pink Floyd, sweet!
CG Animation Shows What Happens When Large Meteor Hits Earth [techeblog]
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Reader Comments
1. sean - September 4, 2008 4:40 PM
wow, that's lame. sure hope i can beat mile high club on veteran before that hits.
2. SuperFly - September 4, 2008 4:45 PM
the earth and comet are all ovally
3. Coolbeans - September 4, 2008 4:49 PM
I would comment but I'm too busy going fetal and sucking my thumb now. Gee thanks.
4. Matt - September 4, 2008 4:51 PM
It would be more believable if it didn't say "The evidence shows that this has happened at leasts 6 times in the Earths history." Must be science.
5. JaC - September 4, 2008 4:54 PM
Why is god so angry at us?
6. Zyclonis - September 4, 2008 4:54 PM
I wish this was a documentary.
7. JaC - September 4, 2008 4:55 PM
This will happen if we have a black president. It's happened at least one time before.
8. asdadas - September 4, 2008 4:58 PM
Better than stomach cancer
9. another john - September 4, 2008 4:59 PM
NINTH!!!
10. Anon - September 4, 2008 5:01 PM
1~ Sean,
That's so funny. As soon as that news report comes on warning us i'm doing just that.
8 Hours and i only made it to the hostage once!!! so to attempt that again it has to be because the world is about to end.
I want my final thought to be "finally got that fucking achieveme..."
11. MadMonkey - September 4, 2008 5:02 PM
Gaaaay. Mindless speculation and scare tactics. Luckily, we can't take action against this threat, unlike the Global Warming stupidity.
12. Popadopolis - September 4, 2008 5:02 PM
Don't worry! I'll shoot it down with my Monstrosity! Give me a minute, I gotta get it ready.
....
PEW PEW!!!
Is it weird that I named my cock "Monstrosity"?
13. Andrew - September 4, 2008 5:08 PM
fuckin' amazing!
14. McBush/Vagina 2008 - September 4, 2008 5:14 PM
This is what happens if McCain/Palin get elected. Science wins!
15. theophany - September 4, 2008 5:15 PM
end: looks like death star.
16. ra1n - September 4, 2008 5:17 PM
fuck....
17. jake - September 4, 2008 5:20 PM
kinda remins me of what happens on majoras mask
18. Krespie - September 4, 2008 5:26 PM
Oooo, magma-y!
19. jared - September 4, 2008 5:32 PM
And 'they' say global warming isn't real
http://www.beerngolf.com
20. Nava - September 4, 2008 5:33 PM
No apostrophe in "Earths history". FAKE
21. none - September 4, 2008 5:41 PM
wow, my science teacher lied... big rock hitting water creates flame based explosion.. that's a new one...
22. 21st - September 4, 2008 5:43 PM
21ST!
23. 21st - September 4, 2008 5:44 PM
Damn you 21, you screwed up my jam.
24. Chris - September 4, 2008 5:46 PM
At 03:44 you can barely make out Bruce Willis waving at the camera from the meteor's surface
25. Icon - September 4, 2008 5:55 PM
Video won't load for me. :(
26. ezzza - September 4, 2008 6:00 PM
This is scary shit, lol. Its so . . . gay =[ BOO big meteor that destroys the earth xD
27. Rithly - September 4, 2008 6:04 PM
Did anyone else see the face on the meteor in the opening scene? Or the demented pac-man look it gets at 4:00?
28. snarky pants - September 4, 2008 6:10 PM
not sure at the veracity of theyre research. also not sure what exactly would be fueling the wall of flame that they show surrounding the earth. usually heard it would shoot so much soil and ash into the sky the earth would be in semi-permanent night. not the prison planet from chronicles of riddick.
29. K lee - September 4, 2008 6:12 PM
This video totally syncs up with Wizard of Oz if you start it on the second road of the MGM lion. Duuuuuuuuude
30. meanmofo - September 4, 2008 6:18 PM
Don't worry kids, McCain and Palin will save us!!
31. jabbywon - September 4, 2008 6:41 PM
man, i hope this happens before the 2008 election! viva los roaches!!
32. ashley - September 4, 2008 6:54 PM
what was the name of the song
33. Konkey Dong - September 4, 2008 6:58 PM
FAAAAKE!!!! Obviously they just made that video on computers with graphics and stuff, they didnt really video tape it from space with a camcorder. Wow you guys are dumb as hell!! Right? Probably.
34. Ignatius the Intelligent - September 4, 2008 7:01 PM
Yo, give credit where it's due, this is a clip from a Discovery Channel show called "Miracle Planet"...and there wasn't Pink Floyd playing either.
35. numb3rsix - September 4, 2008 7:07 PM
FAKE. You can totally tell this isn't real.
36. Jim - September 4, 2008 7:07 PM
So this is what will kill the Robots after they kill us? Justice!
37. theotheraaron - September 4, 2008 7:23 PM
dammit superman, why didnt you help out?
38. aurora - September 4, 2008 7:45 PM
just imagine one day you sitting in your comfy room going on geekologie to check out some new stuff, BAM you look outside your window and see a giant firewall flying at you..
39. Stephen - September 4, 2008 8:18 PM
Those last few seconds.... it almost looks like the Death Star!
40. Matt - September 4, 2008 8:22 PM
This is an object the size of the object that hit the earth during differentiation to create the moon, these events are very rare and we would see it coming for perhaps centuries
41. Zenmetzu - September 4, 2008 8:22 PM
@ ashley
the song name is The great gig in the sky
42. breezy - September 4, 2008 8:49 PM
Re 40...
Centuries? Wooohoooo! Suck it future earth!
43. sabata13 - September 4, 2008 9:27 PM
DAMN YOU SEPHIROTH!!
44. Scott - September 4, 2008 9:39 PM
This would absolutely happen. The oceanic crust is only 5-10km deep and most of it would be obliterated by the impact. Crack the hell out of the brittle lithosphere too, down to the mantle, exposing an incredible amount of magma. As soon as that magma is released into a low pressure environment above the crust it would turn to liquid.
Firestorm isn't quite the right term though. It's not fire, although most of the atmosphere would ignite. It would be more like a massive pyroclastic flow as all of the gas, dust, and superheated rock from the destroyed crust came back down to earth, like a monster volcanic eruption.
45. Tim - September 4, 2008 9:44 PM
After looking at this - I feel our lives really must've been horrible for something like this to happen. Of all the planets out there it could hit, ours has to be the target.
46. bR1an - September 4, 2008 9:55 PM
BRING IT MUTHUFUKKA!!!
I can field strip and re-assemble my AR15 in in 45 seconds.
BUDDABUDDABUDDABUDDARATTATATATATATOWBRRRAAPPPPP!!!
FROM MY COLD, DEAD HAAAAAARRRRG...
47. Jimbo Jimbo - September 4, 2008 10:00 PM
Freeze it on the last scene... Come on, was anyone else saying to themselves, "that's no moon!"
48. kyle - September 4, 2008 10:16 PM
chuck norris and bruce willis would be the only two left and lonely at this point and they would probably turn gay
49. booradley - September 4, 2008 10:33 PM
Let the colonization of Earth's Moon and Mars begin.
50. Kevin - September 4, 2008 11:16 PM
YAY We've found a use for all those nukes. All we have to do is get the entire world to give the asteroid a giant thermonuclear finger.
51. ryan - September 4, 2008 11:26 PM
FOR ME TO POOP ON
52. greg - September 4, 2008 11:35 PM
didnt you already post it?
Im almost sure I saw here
53. Bender - September 5, 2008 1:01 AM
@ #40: We wouldn't necessarily see it coming for centuries. Maybe a couple of years. Something moving on a collision course with Earth will not appear to have much relative motion against the backdrop of stars, so it'd be hard to pinpoint its trajectory and velocity until it was closer. And really, no one program is dedicated to seeking these objects to know when they're coming. Apophis was found by accident, not a dedicated band of scientists looking for doomsday asteroids.
At any rate, we'd love to say, "Well, it won't happen to ME." This kind of thing is exceedingly rare, yes, but not impossible. In fact, it's something you can count on. Whether it'll be ten years, a hundred years, or a thousand years -- that's the question.
54. Davis - September 5, 2008 1:28 AM
Can you imagine the chaos in the days before this happened. I would run around and do everyone in the pooper.
55. kaos - September 5, 2008 2:32 AM
@44 - The only "pyroclastic flow" known today is that of rapper Ice Cube
56. zinn - September 5, 2008 3:13 AM
This is why it is so important to make a Phelps/Norris hybrid clone.
57. Silver Sided - September 5, 2008 3:13 AM
I pooed my pants a little watching this!!! Which i kinda enjoyed a little!
Only two things could survive this type of event....
Cockroaches and the Rolling Stones!!
58. tc - September 5, 2008 3:48 AM
Does anyone know when this will be ? I need to put it in my diary, and I'm still waiting for Outlook 2007 to load.
Also - am I right in thinking I'll be safe in the cupboard under the stairs if covered in my duvet ?
59. Jubtastic1 - September 5, 2008 4:42 AM
Duck and cover FTW!
60. Sakari - September 5, 2008 4:55 AM
What about the bit where earth launches all its nukes at it?
Oh right... 500km...
61. TheLC - September 5, 2008 4:58 AM
Almost had me, until the end with the grammatical errors.
Not so fast, uneducated scientists!
62. Inkognito - September 5, 2008 5:24 AM
BRING IT ON!!!!!
My life is a small price to pay for an E.L.E.
That'll teach all you fuckers out there.
63. Keith - September 5, 2008 6:29 AM
That will really be a bad day.
Do you think chicks will fuck me now that the earth's destruction is near?
64. Jukai - September 5, 2008 8:00 AM
What the hell, no one casted Holy?
65. Freddy K - September 5, 2008 8:33 AM
No way. I'm going to cast magic missle....... at the darkness!!
66. Etrius - September 5, 2008 8:50 AM
That is soo not good..... Last thought before it happens "Shit... This can't be good"
67. Jukai - September 5, 2008 8:53 AM
Guys, this isn't real though, it's in the movie "Never Back Down"
68. Marlena - September 5, 2008 8:56 AM
we should start making things happen.
69. jeramey - September 5, 2008 9:02 AM
lolz @ 67....awsume
70. commentzor - September 5, 2008 9:33 AM
Did anyone else think that this was just an overly long animation from a final fantasy game, with stupid scientific commentary thrown in?
I half expected at the end of it for the video to cut back to three people bouncing in place, and a stunned looking pack of "Giant Rat" leaping upwards and falling over sideways awkwardly with a white 9999 over their heads.
Or was that just me?
71. craig - September 5, 2008 9:43 AM
#76 Jukai -- your post was the only one to make me laugh. Ha-larious.
72. Steve - September 5, 2008 9:56 AM
...and then what happens?
73. Keikokitten - September 5, 2008 10:00 AM
This. Is. Awesome.
74. lynz - September 5, 2008 10:04 AM
@5. I hear there's no internet in heaven.
And this won't happen to me. I'll just use my magic paladin shield. OH SHI- *bubble* HA!
I bet the terrorists have something to do with this.
75. DigitalT - September 5, 2008 10:06 AM
Happened 6 times already according to evidence. Pretty crazy.
76. leaf - September 5, 2008 10:35 AM
HELL YEAH, 76th ! SUCK IT 77 !
77. Jayfournines - September 5, 2008 10:36 AM
If Superman fails t save us there's always a backup like...Green Lantern or maybe even that Captai Marvel guy
Shazam!
78. TE - September 5, 2008 10:55 AM
This is the Bioshock ending you get if you don't kill a single Big Daddy. The in-game commentary says it's all your fault.
79. butterbee - September 5, 2008 10:57 AM
This isn't real footage! It's just our imagination. All of our collective worst fears are projected into the big box at the top of this page.
We can beat this thing if we all play it cool.
80. m - September 5, 2008 11:01 AM
@45 ....what? are you on drugs?..what the hell are you talking about?
81. Boscbo - September 5, 2008 11:05 AM
I wonder if the 6 previous destructions of our planet were so perfectly timed with with crescendo of a Pink Floyd song...
82. che-che - September 5, 2008 11:59 AM
you talk politics at a time like this!! where is dennis quaid! he'll put a stop to this!
83. ali - September 5, 2008 12:11 PM
@ 64/Jukai...haha. nice.
84. Momboelitist - September 5, 2008 12:11 PM
@82, I prefer the Floyd/Wizard of Oz Sync better.
Oh and thanks GW!!! You were really thinking when you decided to ruin our Friday with this little production.
I hope your cat sits on your favorite something......
85. ali - September 5, 2008 12:14 PM
oh...and this is really depressing.
86. MCSQUEEB - September 5, 2008 1:10 PM
--SCORCHER VIII THE MELTDOWN.---
"WHO LEFT THE FRIDGE OPEN"
-TUG SPEEDMAN
87. Stephen Colbert - September 5, 2008 1:33 PM
And the number one threat to America is: Meteors.
88. 3ntr0py - September 5, 2008 1:56 PM
@Boscbo - THAT is f-ing funny!
89. Jumpin_J - September 5, 2008 3:30 PM
So that moon / asteroid thing comes through the atmosphere and didn't break up at all? My understanding is that earth is being hit all the time by meteors but they break up in the atmosphere. Obviously some big ones have made it through like in Arizona, but they also didn't have the PEW PEW power we have now!
90. marcus - September 5, 2008 4:55 PM
wow.................................shit.......................cool song though
91. Hans - September 5, 2008 5:32 PM
Everyone knows that the earth is really flat and comets don't exist. Come on, people... have a little bit of faith... at least you'll die happy.
92. Mitchell Guzman - September 5, 2008 5:54 PM
Watching my home planet getting destroyed with the beautiful music of my favorite band is quite disturbing. I'm calling my shrink....
93. diddleysquat - September 5, 2008 6:25 PM
so when is this going to happen? I hope it doesn't clash with my pilates class
94. WasFuerEineName - September 5, 2008 11:10 PM
whoever made this is a total fucking badass for setting it to that song. it got me all emotional.
95. Jess - September 6, 2008 12:45 AM
#89, it did hit the atmosphere - it's just the atmosphere isn't thick enough to really do much to something that big. If you watch it at about one minute, you see it start to burn up before it gets to the surface of the earth.
And this is why we need to find and make friends with intelligent life elsewhere, so they can save our butts before this happens.
96. BARF! - September 6, 2008 8:03 AM
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=g4V93tm466U
Much more better.
97. Jules@tumtuck.om - September 6, 2008 2:49 PM
video won't load for me either.
98. Believer - September 6, 2008 5:03 PM
This is just amazing.
99. Phoenix - September 7, 2008 4:11 AM
WHERE IS THE AUDIO?
When I saw this video before (in un-deformed widescreen) there was a commentary explaining everything that was happening. It was a woman's voice, I remember that much. It's been a while though.
Without the commentary.... the song is just not enough.
100. Hatey McWrathenstein - September 7, 2008 8:23 PM
Found a better version, with actual translation:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=wjk-9yJBIG0
And here's how NASA would propose to circumvent the hideously angry will of our Lord, Joe Pesci:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo-yFw6VOyw
101. Willie - September 8, 2008 12:44 PM
Okay so it happened 6 other times. So all life on Earth was killed off since the surface was uninhabited 6 other times? Even the miracle of evolution couldn't put us all here in such a short time span. It's total B.S. but a cool video nonetheless. Pink Floyd rocks.
102. rugburn - September 10, 2008 1:41 PM
Way to go Lex Luthor, thanks for wrecking all our stuff.
103. Si - September 12, 2008 3:10 PM
Whilst Bruce Willis is still alive we'll have a chance of survival.
Cool Floyd soundtrack.
104. the punisher - September 28, 2008 8:24 PM
"give the asteroid a giant thermonuclear finger." I second that statement.
105. Hayden - October 6, 2008 12:57 AM
jst put that in a nex-gen videogame and HOT DAMN!!!!
106. Obi-Wan Kenobi - October 7, 2008 6:49 PM
#47, HA HA. EXACT SAME THOUGHTS.
"That's no moon, that's YO MAMA!!!"
107. papa - November 5, 2008 7:28 PM
I need a house at the bottom of the ocean, with a mermaid wife