What Hit Siberia 100 Years Ago? Tunguska Event Still Puzzles Scientists
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 - 10:29
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The year is 1908, and it's just after seven in the morning. A man is sitting on the front porch of a trading post at Vanavara in Siberia. Little does he know, in a few moments, he will be hurled from his chair and the heat will be so intense he will feel as though his shirt is on fire. That's how the Tunguska event felt 40 miles from ground zero.
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