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Cosmic rock hurtling through the atmosphere

All air beneath it is superheated and compressed

In the space of a second, the asteroid has slammed into the earth

A thousand cubic miles are instantly blown apart

Followed by a flash too bright to see

Life is extinguished on an incomprehensible scale

A wall of darkness moving beyond the speed of light

Kills everything it passes through

A flat landscape, entirely aflame

A chain of earthquakes is unleashed all over the planet

What isn't burned up is drowned in tidal waves

Superheated planetary death