Tunguska Event 1908

Tunguska Event 1908

“The Tunguska event was a large explosion of between 3 and 50 megatons that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate, Russia, on the morning of 30 June 1908.” –Wikipedia

Above Image Source: naturphilosophie.co.uk

 

 

 

 

Photos of the Tunguska blast from the 1921-29 expeditions. Near the presumed epicenter the trees were found to still be standing like “telegraph poles” with all the branches broken off, extending out 3-5 km. Further out the trees were knocked down radially outwards from the epicenter out to 20-40 km. Images reprinted with permission from the collections of the Tomsk State Archives fund P-1947 (http://tunguska.tsc.ru).
  • Anomalist.com Headlines – March 2016: Was This ‘Emerald’ Brought To Earth 108 Years Ago By The Tunguska Meteor? The Siberian Times – It’s not everyday somebody puts strange green crystals in their fish tank, unless you live in Mother Russia. Fortunately Mrs. Korshunova is more sensible, and curious, leading her to a startling conclusion. Rather than a castoff from a Korshunova mine, Olga Gertcyk writes, its origins might be out-of-this-world. 

 

  • Anomalist.com headlines – 6/1/13 to 6/30/13: Teeny Tiny Rock Fragments Testify That a Meteor Caused the Biggest Impact Event in Recorded History Smithsonian – The Tunguska blast in 1908 continues to be one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in recent history but new research may have proven the origin of the cause of the huge explosion. New microscopic analysis of small rocks reveals mineral concentrations found only in meteorites. However, this will do little to clear up the conspiracy theories surrounding the bizarre event.

 

 


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  • Anomalist.com Headlines – October 2017: Exploding Skies Fortean Ireland – No, it’s not a reference to Rocket-Man Kim’s latest nuclear test, but to a couple of tales from the past in Ireland, where some unknown event caused massive fiery explosions in the heavens. Exploding meteors, perhaps? And it may be worth noting that the second incident occurred just two weeks after the famous 1908 Tunguska event. (LP)