The history of the planet in one minute flat, over at Seed Magazine. (Spotted at Why Evolution Is True.)
Geologic time is hard for us to grasp, because the timespans are so vast. Everyone resorts to metaphors of one kind or another for comparative purposes. Verbal ones are okay, but I really like how immediate this one feels.
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