This is the Chicxulub Crater, created around 66 million years ago when a massive asteroid slammed into Earth. A crater like this forms when something enormous hits the ground with incredible force, leaving behind a giant, bowl-shaped scar! The impact unleashed energy equal to billions of nuclear bombs, sparking wildfires, triggering massive tsunamis, and blasting so much debris into the atmosphere that sunlight was blocked for months. Without sunlight, plants withered, ecosystems collapsed, and