He’d spent his career studying the crater. He knew every inch of the basin and could pinpoint the exact time and place of the ancient impact.
But he consistently found anomalies in his core samples. There was evidence of plastics and even organic compounds that couldn’t have occurred naturally.
Finally, he fronted the expense to time travel to the impact event. He was gratified to discover that the falling asteroid was exactly where he plotted.
Unfortunately, he miscalculated the arrival of his craft, placing himself in its path.
‘At least I know where the anomalous elements came from,’ he thought.

“Crater” by halfrain is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

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