Want to destroy the world?

If you're into disturbing and scary global scenarios and can avoid thinking about the suffering entailed in natural disastres [the etymology of that word in pertinent here] then this flash film of a computer simulation of a 100km asteroid impact on earth is sobering. As the linking comment says:

It's also worth noting that the asteroid is meant to be 100 kilometres across – ten times larger than the one that created the Chicxulub crater in Yucat�n, Mexico, which some believe caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. But then it's 6 times smaller than the one heading towards Earth in the movie Armageddon. It's certainly a very dramatic scenario and it doesn't look too good for us. It's good to know there are plenty of potential ways to deflect or destroy deadly asteroids.

New Scientist Technology Blog: Want to destroy the world?: Filed in: armageddon asteroid collision earth