[meteorite-list] Tunguska Questions

[Greg Catterton]

I recall reading something recently that stated there was a mass at the bottom of the lake you mentioned that may be remains of the meteorite... I think it was also on TV.

Greg C.

--- On Thu, 5/14/09, Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:


> From: Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com>

> Subject: [meteorite-list] Tunguska Questions

> To: "meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

> Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 12:41 PM

> Hi Listees,

> 

> Recently there's been more interest in the Tunguska event.

> More scientists are trying to explain it, and some are even

> looking at a lake near the blasts epicenter believing that

> this is the missing crater. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6239334.stm

> 

> Photo of Lake Cheko: http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/070626_lake_cheko_02.jpg

> 

> A witness in Vanovara (36 Miles SE of the epicenter) said

> in O. Richard Norton's "Rocks From Space"

> 

> "The crash was followed by noise like stones falling from

> the sky, or guns firing."

> 

> and

> 

> "when I lay on the ground I covered my head because I was

> afraid that stones might hit it."

> 

> We all know too well that witness reports aren't ideal

> information but useful anyway. But, how would this person

> know to say that there was a "noise like stones falling"

> unless that were the case? Or did the witnesses report

> become tainted after countless interviews? How many times

> was this witness interviewed?

> 

> I know people have searched for meteorites under and around

> the epicenter area. But what if this was a stony meteoroid,

> and the explosion blasted meteorite pieces 30-50 miles away.

> The devastation this explosion caused is evidence that it

> was one hell of a blast and was on par with a nuclear

> explosion.

> 

> YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiXpp-i442s

> 

> Donald Yoemans (JPL) states in the History Channel video

> that this blast was 15 megatons of equivalent energy

> "roughly 1000 times that of the Hiroshima blast."

> 

> VERY COOL ARTIST RENDERING: http://svidea.us/misha/image/tunguska2.jpg

> 

> Photos of Devastation:

> http://astro.wsu.edu/worthey/astro/html/im-meteor/tunguska-photo.jpg

> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Tunguska.png

> http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images1/tunguska3.jpg

> http://www.world-mysteries.com/sci_tu3.gif

> Artist Rendering: http://aura.gaia.com/photos/34/338910/large/tunguska-1.jpg

> Area Map: http://www.world-mysteries.com/sci_tunguska1.gif

> Blast Damage Area: http://www.world-mysteries.com/sci_tu2.gif

> 

> When you factor in all this information, how come people

> aren't looking 30-40 miles away for debris from this blast.

> If it was as powerful as they say (as evidenced by the

> downed trees and other devastation) wouldn't it make perfect

> sense that area around the blast would be completely void of

> meteorites as is the case?

> 

> Having said that, wouldn't it be prudent to look further

> away from the blasts epicenter for fragments? How far will a

> blast such as that throw debris? If a Navy destroyer can

> launch a huge shell a hundred miles using a few pounds of

> gunpowder, how far can a meteoroid blast such as this launch

> stone fragments?

> 

> Bomb squad techs and investigators will be the first to

> tell you that there's always something left over from a

> blast no matter how powerful. Pieces get thrown sometimes

> miles from the epicenter of powerful blast. In the case of

> Tunguska this blast was nuclear powerful! Yes a lot of the

> mass would have been melted and disintegrated but, how

> likely is it really that the blast would make ALL trace of

> the meteoroid disappear?

> 

> Could there be meteorite pieces within a 30-50 mile ring

> around the epicenter?

> 

> -- Regards,

> Eric Wichman

> Meteorites USA

> http://www.meteoritesusa.com

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> 

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