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Snowball Earth

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worldwide glaciation episodes during the Cryogenian Period of the Neoproterozoic Era

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Artist's rendition of a fully-frozen Snowball Earth with no remaining liquid surface water

Estimate of Proterozoic glacial periods. Vertical axis: millions of years ago

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Snowball Earth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.