I have now done #paleoart for every single period of the Phanerozoic, plus the Ediacaran and Cryogenian! So with that milestone, I thought it'd be fun to go through those periods in order and show off one paleoart of mine for each!

#Cryogenian

In the Cryogenian, the Earth froze over. Twice! Life wasn't much to look at yet, but I enjoyed drawing what our planet might have looked like at the time. The girdle of lakes at the left is the equator, which may have had ice-free patches.

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A frozen world heaves through the void,its bright surface reflecting the light and heat of the Sun back into space.Is this one of the moons of the gas giants?No, it's our own Earth during the Cryogenian period,640 million years ago. These Snowball Earth events caused the entire planet to freeze over for millions of years. Life held on by the skin of its teeth, whether under the ice or in equatorial lakes.

#Cryogenian #SnowballEarth #Paleoart #SpaceArt #MyArt

The Earth was twice frozen over from 720 million to 635 million years ago during the Cryogenian Period.

#science #sciencefacts #earth #cryogenian #cryogenianperiod #sorryforthetypo🤭