Around 252 million years ago, the Earth changed drastically and catastrophically. Massive, ongoing volcanic activity in Siberia wrapped the planet in a thick shroud of ash for almost a million years, killing off most of the life that was around at the time. (1)

Raw death.

No explanation.

No rationality.

Just death.

And then life. For no reason at all.

In the midst of catastrophy, a human tries to understand.

Stupid human…

Let that butterfly die!