When Worlds Collide: The Tunguska Event
One hundred and ten years ago, an asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere traveling at 53,900 kilometers per hour.* It broke up over the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in a remote part of Siberia, producing a fireball that released energy equivalent to about 185 Hiroshima bombs.
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