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Tunguska Event - Artist view

auteur: Mondolithic Studios/Novapix

référence: a-ast99-90035

Image Size 300 DPI: 24 * 31 cm

Just after seven in the morning of june 30 1908 a huge fireball appeared over the region, and detonated as it hit the upper atmosphere. The explosion broke windows over 500 miles away. There were some herdsmen and hunters in the area at the time who were able to provide eyewitness accounts of what became known as the Tunguska Event. Many would later die from what appears to have been radiation exposure.  

Keywords for this photo:

ASIA - ASTEROID - ASTRONOMY - COLLISION - EARTH - EXPLOSION - FIREBALL - ILLUSTRATION - IMPACT - METEORITE - NATURAL DISASTER - NEAR-EARTH OBJECT - PLANET - SIBERIA - TUNGUSKA -