Is "The Color out of Space" a mini Extinction Event?

Lovecraft enjoyed observing the stars. Most of his stories revolve around heavenly occurrences and events tied to "when the stars are right." But only one story talks about a metorite: The Color Out of Space. In the story a farmhand discovers a stone thst glows a color never seen before. After some time the meteorite dissolves but not before poisoning the farm and killing everything within the radious. Lovecraft likely observed comets and meteors and wondered what would happen if they hit the earth. It's obvious he knew the impact would be significant to earth. But what of the afterward? How would such an object affect us? Extinction theories likely existed before Lovecraft's time but Lovecraft was operating on a system that to us would be outdated. Could Lovecraft been ahead of the curve with the idea that life was once wiped out by a meteor? Doubtful but it is an interesting idea.

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