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On this date, June 30, 1908 - the Tunguska Event
Posted on 6/30/21 at 10:54 am
Posted on 6/30/21 at 10:54 am
Suddenly in the north sky… the sky was split in two, and high above the forest the whole northern part of the sky appeared covered with fire… At that moment there was a bang in the sky and a mighty crash… The crash was followed by a noise like stones falling from the sky, or of guns firing. The earth trembled. Eyewitness account from 40 miles away.
On today’s date 113 years ago, the largest asteroid impact in recorded history struck on a warm summer morning in Siberia, Russia. We observe Asteroid Day each year on June 30, on the anniversary of what’s now known as the Tunguska explosion.
The explosion happened over the sparsely populated northern forestland above the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in what is present-day Krasnoyarsk Krai.
The blast released enough energy to kill reindeer and flatten an estimated 80 million trees over an area of 830 square miles (2,150 square km). Witnesses reported seeing a fireball – a bluish light, nearly as bright as the sun – moving across the sky. A flash and a sound similar to artillery fire was said to follow it. A powerful shockwave broke windows hundreds of miles away and knocked people off their feet.
earthsky.org
On today’s date 113 years ago, the largest asteroid impact in recorded history struck on a warm summer morning in Siberia, Russia. We observe Asteroid Day each year on June 30, on the anniversary of what’s now known as the Tunguska explosion.
The explosion happened over the sparsely populated northern forestland above the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in what is present-day Krasnoyarsk Krai.
The blast released enough energy to kill reindeer and flatten an estimated 80 million trees over an area of 830 square miles (2,150 square km). Witnesses reported seeing a fireball – a bluish light, nearly as bright as the sun – moving across the sky. A flash and a sound similar to artillery fire was said to follow it. A powerful shockwave broke windows hundreds of miles away and knocked people off their feet.
earthsky.org
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Posted on 6/30/21 at 10:58 am to blueridgeTiger
That wasn’t an asteroid, that was my boy Tesla out here swinging his futuristic dick around.
Posted on 6/30/21 at 11:12 am to blueridgeTiger
Posted on 6/30/21 at 11:16 am to blueridgeTiger
Shame what they did to those Tunguska airmen.
Posted on 6/30/21 at 11:40 am to GetCocky11
In Russia, you dont go to space. Space comes to you.
Posted on 6/30/21 at 5:13 pm to blueridgeTiger
and the much smaller Chelyabinsk meteor:
Posted on 6/30/21 at 5:21 pm to blueridgeTiger
I’ve seen worse.
Ziskey had it right:
Ziskey had it right:
Posted on 6/30/21 at 5:26 pm to blueridgeTiger
The fireball was seen to be maneuvering before impact. Likely a spacecraft whose matter-antimatter propulsion system was out of control, causing the explosion.
Posted on 6/30/21 at 5:28 pm to Jim Rockford
Ahnold's granddad involved?
Posted on 6/30/21 at 5:28 pm to blueridgeTiger
Need one to hit DC
Posted on 6/30/21 at 5:58 pm to blueridgeTiger
The orange sky in “The Scream” by Edward Munch is associated with the event.
From edvardmunch.com
From edvardmunch.com
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