When Rock Becomes Liquid the Power of Impact #geology #science #space

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]Pressures reached the gigapascal range, equivalent to millions of times normal atmospheric pressure, so intense that solid rock briefly behaves like liquid.

[00:00:10]The resulting blast, far more powerful than a modern atomic explosion, violently excavated the Earth's surface and created the Lonar impact crater, a scar in basalt that still preserves the signature of one of nature's most extreme geological events. Subscribe and [clears throat] watch the full video on our channel. Link is below.

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