The Tunguska Event (1908 – Siberia, Russia: "1908’s Space Mystery Unleashed"

By Lalit Singh

The Tunguska Event (1908 - Siberia, Russia): In the silent dawn of June 30, 1908, deep within the remote forests of Siberia near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River, the Earth trembled under an explosion so vast, it flattened over 2,000 square kilometers of taiga in a matter of seconds--toppling 80 million trees in a radial pattern like matchsticks flicked by an invisible hand. No crater was found. No impactor was recovered. Yet the sky burned with a bluish glow for days, and shockwaves circled the globe. Witnesses described a fiery object tearing through the heavens, followed by a deafening roar and a shockwave that shattered windows hundreds of kilometers away. Herds of reindeer were scorched, and nomadic Evenki tribes were thrown off their feet. The most accepted theory? A massive meteoroid or comet fragment exploded mid-air in a cataclysmic airburst , releasing energy equivalent to 10-15 megatons of TNT --roughly 1,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb. But to this day, mystery lingers. Was it a comet? An asteroid? Or something more enigmatic? The Tunguska Event remains Earth's most powerful recorded impact event in recent history--an eerie reminder of the cosmos' quiet fury.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F649PPWW
• ISBN13: 9798281096119
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 49 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"