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Rare NASA Satellite Footage Reveals the Mysterious Tunguska Blast Zone After 115 Years
On June 30, 1908, a catastrophic explosion rocked the skies over Eastern Siberia, releasing an energy equivalent to 10–15 megatons of TNT. Known as the Tunguska event, this mysterious occurrence remains the largest asteroid-related explosion in history. A recent NASA Earth Observatory release has provided new satellite images, revealing the current state of the Tunguska blast site. The images, taken with NASA’s Operational Land Imager (OLI) on L…
Over 117 years ago, an asteroid entered the earth’s atmosphere and caused the greatest impact already witnessed by mankind, causing an explosion with the force of 185 atomic bombs in Hiroshima. The period of 30 June 1908 was known as the Tunguska event, because it occurred in the region of Siberia, Russia, in a region near the Tunguska River. Because of a small population, there is no record of any human victim, but the explosion destroyed an ar…
June 30, 1908: The Tunguska impact
An enormous explosion occurred approximately 3 to 6 miles (3.8 to 9.7 kilometers) above the Tunguska River area of Siberia on June 30, 1908, when an asteroid entered Earth’s atmosphere and exploded in an airburst. This event, known as the Tunguska Event, unleashed an estimated energy equivalent to up to 15 megatons of TNT, withContinue reading "June 30, 1908: The Tunguska impact" The post June 30, 1908: The Tunguska impact appeared first on Astr…
Open Mic for the Week of 6/30/25
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On June 30, 1908, the explosion was believed to have been caused by a meteorite, asteroid or comet fragment at a height of 5–10 km. All on June 30 : Albert Einstein advanced the theory of relativity.
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