478-hadean-earth-dixon –A violent, high-energy planetesimal impact breaches the thin, primordial crust of the Hadean Earth. The colossal kinetic collision triggers a massive, blinding conical eruption of superheated plasma, molten ejecta, and shockwaves that pierce the dense, glowing atmospheric haze. Below the impact site, a vast, hellish expanse of fractured volcanic rock is interlaced with extensive, bright orange river networks and lakes of churning, liquid lava under a darkening sky. © 2010 Don Dixon/cosmographica.com
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