I was feeling a bit down so I made a video on how the world almost ended to cheer myself up. At any given moment, a number of cosmological phenomena could suddenly wreck havoc on our floating orb of stuff. But the cosmos better hurry as humanity seem keen on destroying itself long before any ill-meaning asteroid or solar storm gets the chance.
This intertitle displays the wrong date. The date is supposed to read "July 23, 2012".
A nuclear explosion and radiation simulator. I used this to determine the radius of the various nuclear explosions seen in the video.
A tool for visualizing the sun.
The observatory in Mexico from which Bonilla observed the event in 1883.
Approximate location of the explosion.
The command center in Colorado that received the false alarm.
Approximate location of the crash site.
The command center near Moscow in Russia at which Stanislav Petrov was stationed.