1908 SIBERIA EXPLOSION: Reconstructing an Asteroid Impact from Eywitness Accounts
A Project in Astronomical Art, Science, and History (In Progress) by William K. Hartmann Text and pictures copyright William K. Hartmann In Brief: At 7:17 AM on the morning of June 30, 1908, a mysterious explosion occurred in the skies over Siberia. It was caused by the impact and breakup of a large meteorite, at an altitude roughly six kilometers in the atmosphere. Realistic pictures of the ...
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