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Cuba, Caribbean Sea.
8 seconds after Impact.

Rising up from the crater in a dome, 80,000 cubic miles of earth’s crust explode from the ground was and are converted into vapor. This plume of rock vapor begins to expand like a mushroom cloud from a nuclear explosion, rising up through the hole in the atmosphere left when the asteroid came down. In its wake, billions of tons of earth and rock are hurled outwards at 100,000 miles an hour, much of it actually leaving the atmosphere and hurtling out of orbit.

Over 200 miles from Ground Zero, the expanding fireball generates an intense pulse of thermal energy. The air temperature rises to somewhere on the order of 700-800 degrees Fahrenheit, well beyond the boiling point of water.
The sea begins to boil, the water flashing into scalding steam. As the water evaporates, vast areas of the sea floor are left completely exposed. Coral reefs are left high and dry. Thousands, if not millions of marine animals are suddenly out in the open air and left exposed to the blistering heat. Fish left gasping for breath in the burning air are cooked from the inside out and burnt to dust. Turtles are broiled within their shells. Ammonites and belemnites are sucked dry of precious bodily moisture in seconds, their fleshy bits shriveling into nothingness. Giant marine reptiles suffocate under their own weight while the water in their skin is boiled away and their flesh is seared off their bones. Every living thing directly exposed to firey blast is simply broiled alive.

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Sorry I’ve been taking so long to upload the pieces for this series. I’ve actually been in the process of redoing/revising some the entries (more on those later.) I’ll try and upload these a bit more frequently in the coming weeks.

Anyway, out of all the pieces I’ve made for this series so far, this one is my favorite. Everything about this turned out just so well. The scale, the perspective, the colors and shading. Just everything about this one drawing I’m extremely proud of. It was worth the 4 hours it took to initially make. This really emphasizes the power of this event and the sheer scale of the devastation unleashed in just the first few moments of the event itself. I’m really trying to maintain this level of quality throughout the rest of the series going forward. Things are only gonna get more intense and grand from here, so get ready...

Description
Cuba, Caribbean Sea.
8 seconds after Impact.

Rising up from the crater in a dome, 80,000 cubic miles of earth’s crust explode from the ground was and are converted into vapor. This plume of rock vapor begins to expand like a mushroom cloud from a nuclear explosion, rising up through the hole in the atmosphere left when the asteroid came down. In its wake, billions of tons of earth and rock are hurled outwards at 100,000 miles an hour, much of it actually leaving the atmosphere and hurtling out of orbit.

Over 200 miles from Ground Zero, the expanding fireball generates an intense pulse of thermal energy. The air temperature rises to somewhere on the order of 700-800 degrees Fahrenheit, well beyond the boiling point of water.
The sea begins to boil, the water flashing into scalding steam. As the water evaporates, vast areas of the sea floor are left completely exposed. Coral reefs are left high and dry. Thousands, if not millions of marine animals are suddenly out in the open air and left exposed to the blistering heat. Fish left gasping for breath in the burning air are cooked from the inside out and burnt to dust. Turtles are broiled within their shells. Ammonites and belemnites are sucked dry of precious bodily moisture in seconds, their fleshy bits shriveling into nothingness. Giant marine reptiles suffocate under their own weight while the water in their skin is boiled away and their flesh is seared off their bones. Every living thing directly exposed to firey blast is simply broiled alive.

__________________________________________________________________
Sorry I’ve been taking so long to upload the pieces for this series. I’ve actually been in the process of redoing/revising some the entries (more on those later.) I’ll try and upload these a bit more frequently in the coming weeks.

Anyway, out of all the pieces I’ve made for this series so far, this one is my favorite. Everything about this turned out just so well. The scale, the perspective, the colors and shading. Just everything about this one drawing I’m extremely proud of. It was worth the 4 hours it took to initially make. This really emphasizes the power of this event and the sheer scale of the devastation unleashed in just the first few moments of the event itself. I’m really trying to maintain this level of quality throughout the rest of the series going forward. Things are only gonna get more intense and grand from here, so get ready...