October 24, 2007 - Asteroid

From the very first shots the television movie from two parts starts to justify the name - the large meteorite falls on road, the huge gasoline tank truck blows up, and forest fire begins. At this time two scientists among whom fine Annabela Shiorra, observe of Fletcher's comet in a silent cosiness of an observatory. Time in 4000 years Fletcher's comet approaches to the Earth so close, "that it is possible to touch it a hand". Scientists make decision to warn Washington about potential danger. And knowingly. The matter is that the planet is threatened with collision with several enormous asteroids, and even one of them can cause global accident. Perhaps, because of such here dinosaurs also have died out? In air the Air Forces rise and strike blow to an asteroid, but its splinters continue to be strewed to the Earth. It is removed for a television movie very much even impressively - special effects all become more perfect, and money for them is spent more and more. Dams blow up, valleys are flooded, bridges communicate, cities and separate buildings fall, the survived heroes go and conduct the dialogues written for them. Americans, similar, do everything at cinema, that can to rally the nation in the face of threat any kind, whether it be aliens, Martians, volcanoes, asteroids, earthquakes. Or they have simply gone mad on accidents? I personally was afraid, that asteroids will appear reasonable. It is pleasant, that in such films from the very beginning you know, who from heroes remains in live and whom script writers can and offer.

On May, 14th, 1996 the asteroid has flown by on distance of 280000 miles from the Earth. On astronomical concepts - on distance of a bullet burn.