► Lightning strikes a lighthouse and we see a close - up of gel spreading and becoming larger at the base of the building where a
small fire burns briefly; a wall of gel rises
like a curtain from a jungle forest into the sky, making noises
like muttering and muffled roars as we hear that the phenomenon is spreading and destroying all species on Earth; five scientists
armed with military rifles enter the area to find trees that have become covered with flowers, woody plants have grown into human shapes covered with blossoms, the bodies of three missing soldiers have been engulfed with vines, moss, and lichens that have grown out of the bodies and the head of a soldier is found in a path (we see no blood or facial expression).