Mystery of the Tunguska Fireball

Author: (American) Saren·Fuma
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: On the morning of June 30, 1908, at about 7:14, a huge fireball exploded over Siberia. Although the explosion lasted only a few seconds, its power was equivalent to 1,000 times that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb explosion. The fire caused by the explosion leveled a vast area of 2,150 square kilometers of coniferous forest, with millions of ancient trees stripped of their leaves and branches, leaving only bare, pole-like trunks scattered like matchsticks. On the night of the explosion, the across the entire European continent was unusually bright, and the sky was a kaleidoscope of colors. Later, on July 3, the New York Times reported that bright white and yellow lights continued to illuminate the entire night until they faded with the dawn. What was this? For a century, people have had various theories, ranging from meteorites to black holes, antimatter, and mirror matter, to even the idea that a mad scientist, while accidentally firing a death ray, made a small mistake. But to this day, no one has proposed a convincing explanation. On the morning of June 30, 1908, at about 7:14, a huge fireball exploded over Siberia. Although the explosion lasted only a few seconds, its power was equivalent to 1,000 times that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb explosion. The fire caused by the explosion leveled a vast area of 2,150 square kilometers of coniferous forest, with millions of ancient trees stripped of their leaves and branches, leaving only bare, pole-like trunks scattered like matchsticks. On the night of the explosion, the across the entire European continent was unusually bright, and the sky was a kaleidoscope of colors. Later, on July 3, the New York Times reported that bright white and yellow lights continued to illuminate the entire night until they faded with the dawn. What was this? For a century, people have had various theories, ranging from meteorites to black holes, antimatter, and mirror matter, to even the idea that a mad scientist, while accidentally firing a death ray, made a small mistake. But to this day, no one has proposed a convincing explanation.