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Date: 30 June 1908; 116 years ago (): Time: 07:17: Location: Podkamennaya Tunguska River, Yeniseysk Governorate, Russian Empire: Coordinates: 1]: Cause: Probable meteor air burst of small asteroid or comet: Outcome: Flattened 2,150 km 2 (830 sq mi) of forest Devastation to local plants and animals: Deaths: Up to 3 possible [2]: Property damage: A few damaged buildings: The Tunguska event was a ...
It was an 3–5 megaton explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate (now Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia, on the morning of 30 June 1908. The explosion over the sparsely populated East Siberian taiga flattened an estimated 80 million trees over an area of 2,150 km 2 (830 sq mi) of forest, and eyewitness ...
The valley tops resemble elongated ridges, with hills of a typical height of 100–300 meters. The highest point in the territory is 602 meters above sea level. The Tunguska Event occurred on the northern edge of the reserve. The Stony Tunguska River (Podkamennaya Tunguska River) runs across the southern border of the site. Two main rivers run ...
The Tunguska rivers cross the basin. On June 30, 1908, near the Stony Tunguska River the Tunguska Event took place. [2] ... Code of Conduct; Developers; Statistics;
A 1961 investigation estimated the age of the lake to be at least 5000 years, based on meters-thick silt deposits on the lake bed. [10] However, Luca Gasperini and his co-investigators working in 2008 concluded that the sediments, isotopes, and pollen "suggest that Lake Cheko formed at the time of the Tunguska Event" and thus was only 100 years old.
The image in the video exactly matches actual eye-witness testimony describing the Tunguska cosmic body published by the Russian newspaper Sibiron July 2, 1908. This resolves the dilemma faced by the proponents of other hypothesis who claim the Tunguska cosmic body was destroyed and yet can find no debris as evidence. It seems simple.
8th episode of the 4th season of The X-Files "Tunguska" The X-Files episode Episode no. Season 4 Episode 8 Directed by Kim Manners Written by Chris Carter Frank Spotnitz Production code 4X09 Original air date November 24, 1996 (1996-11-24) Running time 44 minutes Guest appearances Mitch Pileggi as Walter Skinner Nicholas Lea as Alex Krycek William B. Davis as The Smoking Man John Neville as ...
Another paper, Tunguska's comet and non-thermal 14C production in the atmosphere (1977) tries to explain an increase in carbon-14 by the idea that the Tunguska event was caused by a comet but the fireball was so hot that it produced neutrons.