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PIX4633164: Earth at the end of Permian - Ring arcs over the Permian Earth - A ring of rocks and dust is orbiting the Earth. The massive continent below is Pangee and the ocean to the west is Panthalassa. This is what Earth was supposed to look like at the end of Permian, about 260 million years ago, before the first dinosaurs appeared. This ring around the Earth was of earthly origin, constitutes debris thrown into orbit by collision with a meteorite or comet. Over time, these debris have either fallen or fallen back to Earth in a meteorite rain. A dusty ring arc orbits four thousand miles above Earth's equator. The massive continent below is Pangea and the ocean to the west is Panthalassa. This is how the Earth may have appeared during the end of the Permian period, a time just prior to the appearance of the dinosaurs, when continental drift was pulling Pangea apart into the seven continents we know today. 260 million years ago the Earth may have been host to ring arcs similar to the incomplete rings that currently circumscribe the planet Neptune. Unlike Neptune's rings, the ring arcs around the Earth were of terrestrial origin, debris thrown into orbit by a collision with a large meteorite or comet. The debris consisted of tiny pebbles that were once molten droplets of ejecta, long since cooled in the vacuum of space. The orbit of the ring arc would eventually decay, returning the debris back to Earth as a shower of meteorites. This debris is found on Earth's surface today in the form of dark, glassy objects known as tektites / Bridgeman Images
ETE4871227: Operation Anvil Dragoon: bay of Cavalaire, debarkment of the Moroccan infantry, 1944 (photo) / Bridgeman Images
DIL5911185: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Peter Jackson, 2001 / Bridgeman Images
PFH1174144: The Trung Sisters, Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, on War Elephants pursuing Chinese soldiers (print) / Bridgeman Images
XRA1651581: Petrol Pump With Sign "Wasting Hunting", during 2Nd Oil Crisis, May 22, 1979 in France (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
XRA1654760: Tgv, French High-Speed Train, Orange Model Brought Into Service From 1981 (photo) / Bridgeman Images
XRA1662817: The Japanese Actress Keiko Kishi and the French Director Yves Ciampi at Their Marriage, France, May 4, 1957 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
XRA1645944: French President De Gaulle and his Wife Arriving at Elysee Palace in The Ds Car For Minister Council May 30, 1968 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
XRA1648332: French Singer Michel Sardou in 1966 (during Military Duties Leave) (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
XRA1670513: Poster With Simone Veil For European Elections, May 17, 1979, Paris (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
XRA1643187: Jean-Paul Belmondo and his wife Elodie at winter sports in switzerland on january 6, 1964 (photo) / Bridgeman Images
