The last day of the dinosaurs, as an interactive painting

One golden evening on a Cretaceous river, and the rock that ended the age of dinosaurs, painted plate behind plate.

Hell Creek, imagined 66 million years ago. Contains bright flashes, camera shake, loud effects, and scenes of disaster.

Waking the valley…

Best with sound, headphones and fullscreen · move the mouse to look into the painting

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LOOKmove the mouse · drag CLOSERpinch or scroll TRAVEL← → · 1–7 · space MOREF fullscreen · M sound · H hide

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THE LAST DAY

66 MILLION YEARS AGO

An impact changed life's direction. Birds carried the dinosaur story onward. Mammals, including our distant ancestors, survived into a different world.