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more about #destruction more comments → Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.: Michael Bay is involved in this somehow, I can sense it. more » Ridgerunner: "Which could actually come in handy about now" Excuse me? You would like it even cooler? The IPCC data shows that the avg. ambient temperature has ... more » LiC: I had a dream last night that I was near Mount Hood, when the peak of the mountain just slid right off. People were swept away - not too many, and th... more » Darksider1972: Yellowstone seems to be the biggie at the moment, Land mass still rising, more and more tremors are happening more often, yet no one knows if it's gon... more » doltron: but what if krakatoa attacks the x men again more » LittleDragon: Stop teasing us with the promise of world changing disasters. This, Yellowstone. I can't take your teasing any more. If Earth doesn't stop it, I'm mov... more » bobbydigital20g: lightning striking an awakening volcano? This could become either the greatest opening of the greatest of all metal songs, the signal of the birth/com... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: I have actually seen one theory that suggests that when the global tempurature increases, the earth heats enough to increase vulcanism which puts ash ... more » ThisDudeRufus: Wasn't Stromboli the guy who kidnapped Pinocchio into a troupe of child actors? more » The_Sporean_Bob: The sulfur could cool down the planet...but could there possibly be other unforeseen effects? Could the sulfur perhaps combine with other gases in th... more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Lightning + Volcano = Epic picture!! Probably also means epic end of the world stuff... more » tetracycloide: "Scientists calculated that the colossal tsunami-causing 2004 Sumatra earthquake caused a slimming of the Earth that shortened the day by a few millio... more » Mount_Prion: Really though, we only need bombs to KILL THE POOR! + Watch video more » Mount_Prion: Nuclear bombs are nothing. Just make sure that ship they sent the Hulk away on doesn't come back, please. more » twDarkflame: Nukes couldnt even whipe out humanity, let alone dent the earth significantly. If we want total destruction, the best technique would be some sort of ... more » -
#geodisasters
Krakatoa Reawakens, And The World Shall Tremble
Lightning strikes near the tip of Anak Krakatoa, the "child" of the legendary volcano Krakatoa, whose eruption in 1883 killed an estimated 36,000 people. The volcano reawakened in 2007, then quieted down again... but now its fiery depths stir again. More » -
#retrofuturism
This Could Have Been Our Future
Imagine spending months locked in this Latvian bomb shelter. The banner reads "Without Communciations, There Is No Authority. Without Authority, There Is No Victory!" The shelter, now a museum, has a nuclear-blast-absorbing wall and a huge facility for filtering radiation. More » -
#weaponofchoice
Could Our Nuclear Arsenal Really Destroy The World?
Nuclear weapons are, to date, humanity's most Earth-shattering weapon. They have more than enough destructive power to wipe out the human race for good. But could we actually use them to destroy the Earth itself? More » -
#conceptart
What If The Moon Crashed Into The Earth?
Well, we'd be screwed for one thing. Plus it's doubtful that the chunks of the moon would remain identifiable and intact like they are in this piece of concept art... but it's still haunting and beautiful. It's strange to imagine something that's been hanging in the sky your whole life plummeting into your world, but that's exactly what's happened in "Moon Crash 1: Winter." More » -
