Belz on Instagram: "The mystery of the Chicxulub Crater, a colossal scar on Earth’s surface hidden in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula! About 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid roughly 10-15 km wide, slammed into our planet with unimaginable force, creating this giant, bowl-shaped crater. This cataclysmic event is widely believed to have triggered the extinction of the dinosaurs, wiping out 75% of Earth’s species in the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction. Shocked quartz and an iridium layer found a