Tunguska blast
A huge explosion happened in Russia 103 years ago, before the nuclear bomb was invented. It was about 1,000 times more powerful then the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima, blasted stuff 3-6 miles in the air, and nobody knows exactly why or how it happens. Cool shit IMO.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event |
says on the link it was most likely an impact from a meteoroid or comet -
where's the big mystery? |
It was aliens maaaaaaaan. I mean c'mon duh.
It is interesting though. What if that happened now, and was a direct hit to a big city. Crazyness. |
If I recall, some of the weirdness is that given the size of the explosion, you'd expect a pretty massive meteorite, and thus a substantial crater at the epicenter. Instead, the blast pattern was more akin to a bomb detonated before actual impact (can't remember what those are called...aerial burst or something like that?), which was considered unusual for a meteorite.
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Originally Posted by cpolly69
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says on the link it was most likely an impact from a meteoroid or comet -
where's the big mystery? Some physicist from NW Europe (can't remember where exactly) thought it might be an explosion caused by gases pushed up from within the earth that detonated once the gases made there way to our atmosphere and where ignited by static electricity (like in a dust storm). Not aliens.
Originally Posted by mgeoffriau
(Post 757655)
If I recall, some of the weirdness is that given the size of the explosion, you'd expect a pretty massive meteorite, and thus a substantial crater at the epicenter. Instead, the blast pattern was more akin to a bomb detonated before actual impact (can't remember what those are called...aerial burst or something like that?), which was considered unusual for a meteorite.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_burst |
All of the evidence I have seen, and what most people in the scientific community believe is indeed an air burst of a large astronomical fragment. I kind of thought Tunguska was sort of common knowledge... :dunno:
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Geez, follow the Wikipedia link to the Tsar Bomba. Crazy shit.
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fools! 'tis obviously the wrath of gaaaaaaaaaaaaawd!!!!!!!!
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Gozer's entry in our world was, according to Ray in Ghostbusters, "The biggest interdimensional crossrip since the Tunguska Blast of 1909".
Of course they got the year wrong, but those guys were kinda screwups. |
I did it.
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Originally Posted by sjmarcy
(Post 757663)
Gozer's entry in our world was, according to Ray in Ghostbusters, "The biggest interdimensional crossrip since the Tunguska Blast of 1909".
Of course they got the year wrong, but those guys were kinda screwups. |
There was a program about on the Smithsonian channel last night. Interesting stuff.
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Originally Posted by Gearhead_318
(Post 757656)
Some physicist from NW Europe (can't remember where exactly) thought it might be an explosion caused by gases pushed up from within the earth that detonated once the gases made there way to our atmosphere and where ignited by static electricity (like in a dust storm). Not aliens. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_burst |
it was obama's fault
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Originally Posted by redfred18t
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it was obama's fault
Until the Russians said "Nyet". Now what will he do…what *will* he do? |
Originally Posted by sjmarcy
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Obama took out a 799 Billion dollar loan using the blast site as collateral.
Until the Russians said "Nyet". Now what will he do…what *will* he do? |
Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 757670)
I did it.
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So..if this blast from over a century ago was not manmade…could it happen again?
If so, would it trigger nuclear war depending on where it occurred? I wonder what happened in Tunguska. |
Originally Posted by sjmarcy
(Post 759444)
So..if this blast from over a century ago was not manmade…could it happen again?
Originally Posted by sjmarcy
(Post 759444)
If so, would it trigger nuclear war depending on where it occurred?
Originally Posted by sjmarcy
(Post 759444)
I wonder what happened in Tunguska.
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That viddie was cool as hell...
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Wow that's some mysterious shit.
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Originally Posted by FRT_Fun
(Post 757653)
It was aliens maaaaaaaan. I mean c'mon duh.
It is interesting though. What if that happened now, and was a direct hit to a big city. Crazyness. |
Originally Posted by FRT_Fun
(Post 757653)
What if that happened now, and was a direct hit to a big city. Crazyness.
So they could change more laws and grab more power over the world. While "saving the economy" as we build up battle plans and devices. This would require all countries to work together, with someone coordinating it all. Now who would that be? |
Originally Posted by splzero
(Post 760738)
Aliens or Terrorists
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Time travellers from the 23rd Century travelling back to find out what happened at Tunguska collide with time travellers from the 25th Century travelling back to find out what happened to the previous expedition.
Either that or a humungous reindeer fart. |
Originally Posted by sjmarcy
(Post 759444)
So..if this blast from over a century ago was not manmade…could it happen again?
If so, would it trigger nuclear war depending on where it occurred? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Hand_(nuclear_war) Current use It is not known whether Russia continues to use the system, and it is possible that it is still in place. Some commentators say the system never operated in fully automatic mode. A 2009 article in Wired magazine claimed Dead Hand exists, is ready to react as intended, and still receives system upgrades.[16] The point of the system, he explains, was to guarantee an automatic Soviet response to an American nuclear strike. Even if the US crippled the USSR with a surprise attack, the Soviets could still hit back. It wouldn't matter if the US blew up the Kremlin, took out the defense ministry, severed the communications network, and killed everyone with stars on their shoulders. Ground-based sensors would detect that a devastating blow had been struck and a counterattack would be launched. |
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What the fuck?
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Come here boy…that's a good dog!
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