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    If you've got some glass laying around, take a hammer and hit the middle of it. It will sort of spider web out from the spot where you hit it. Tempered glass (modern doors and windows) will shatter the whole thing into a million random pieces but laminated glass (car windshield) or sheet glass (shelves) will show the effect. I own a glass shop so I have a bunch of glass laying around, but I couldn't get a good pic with the bowling ball. Here's a pic of a joke golf ball crashing into a windshield that shows the effect. Granted that earth is softer so the cracks would be less straight, more forking like lightning. Add the crater ring back in and yer good to go. Rainfall will fill those cracks and eventually some will turn into rivers, some will be short-lived lakes, etc...it all depends on time from that point on. After a few thousand years it might look pretty normal.
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    Last edited by Ascension; 05-13-2009 at 07:47 PM.
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