Deep impact
Jul 14, 2022
3 minutes
PHOTOGRAPHY: DANE ALONSO
WRITER: ELLIE STATHAKI
exico’s many claims to fame include a rich culture, a long history and dramatic landscapes. It is lesser known, however, as the site of an important event that changed life on Earth for ever. Yet it is here that the asteroid that is thought to have killed the dinosaurs landed, heralding a new era for the planet and leaving in its path what today is known as the Chicxulub crater. Located on the Yucatán Peninsula, this geological formation
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