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| Today in History: the Tunguska Event |
| 2008-06-30 |
The Tunguska event, sometimes referred to as the Tunguska explosion, was a massive explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya (Under Rock) Tunguska River in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia, between 7:00 and 8:00 AM on June 30, 1908. The explosion was most likely caused by the airburst of a large (around 20 m (66 ft) across) meteoroid or comet fragment at an altitude of 5 to 10 kilometers (3–6 mi) above the Earth's surface. . . . The energy of the blast was estimated to be between 10 and 20 megatons of TNT, 1,000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, or equivalent to Castle Bravo, the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated by the US. . . . |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #7 66ft diameter isn't that big. There are some big'uns floatin round out there that could give us another gulf of mexico type crater. But I guess we'll carry on, like we have for the last couple million years or so. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-06-30 22:28 |
| #6 Below is a Sandia Labs (the nuclear weapons guys) simulation of a large meteor that heats up and explodes 7 miles above earth's surface on a shallow entry path -- watch the primary and secondary shock waves. No impact from the meteor but plenty of destruction. Pretty scary to consider that an object that could do that can also come in untracked, or tracked only at the last minute. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-06-30 20:48 |
| #5 Yeah, a...meteoroid or comet fragment! That's the ticket! |
| Posted by: Halliburton: Tungaska Research Division 2008-06-30 15:41 |
| #4 Widely known outcome of the TESLA DEATH RAY...more lately perfected by ZOG and the zionist entity to be soon used to vaporize Qum... |
| Posted by: borgboy 2008-06-30 15:35 |
| #3 Fortunately I was able to reach an escape pod in time. Did I say that out loud? |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2008-06-30 14:44 |
| #2 Joooooooooooooooooos |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-06-30 14:41 |
| #1 I thought it was a nuke detonated by space guys/gals? I know I read that someplace... |
| Posted by: Bobby 2008-06-30 12:22 |