Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Tunguska: The Largest Recent Impact Event

NASA ^ | October 02, 2011 | (see photo credit)

[Quix]

Thanks.

I never knew what to make of such claims. They seemed rather . . . out there.

[SunkenCiv]

Ooops, and when I said, “it’s probably around here somewhere”, I meant the book, not the exploding UFO.

Although, wth, it would be nice to have a chunk of a UFO...

[JoeProBono]

[bigheadfred]

Great. It was a cosmic beaver. No doubt some escapee from a black hole in the coal sack marauding across the galaxy with the sole intent of bringing long, rigid poles to their limpid demise.

[JoeProBono]

[bigheadfred]

I was thinking more like black latex.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

And that pic was taken 19 years after the event....wow...

[Flag_This]

"Although a meteor the size of the Tunguska can level a city, metropolitan areas take up such a small fraction of the Earth's surface that a direct impact on one is relatively unlikely."

There are some who believe the Chicago Fire and the Peshtigo Fire, which occurred on the same night at the same time (200 miles apart), may have been caused by a meteor or comet. The fire in Peshtigo, WI. killed 1500 people, destroyed three towns and burned 4 million acres of forest and prairie.

[Amberdawn]

Thank you for your posts!

[rawcatslyentist]

They just couldn't wait to circle the block.

[colorado tanker]

They need to be careful about that black oil in the Tunguska rocks . . . .

[TheOldLady]

Click the Pic               Thank you, JoeProBono

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[SunkenCiv]

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