100 Years of Space Rock: The Tunguska Impact »

Posted By GregD 1 year, 5 months ago in Science & Technology

At around 7:17 on the morning of June 30, 1908, a man based at the trading post at Vanavara in Siberia is sitting on his front porch. In a moment, 40 miles from the center of an immense blast of unknown origin, he will be hurled from his chair and the heat will be so intense he will feel as though his shirt is on fire.

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