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To: CaptainMorgantown

I heard of one that actually detonated over Siberia, in the 20's or 30's I think. Flattened hundreds of square miles of timber. Preety cool, unless you're under it.


18 posted on 08/26/2005 7:44:17 AM PDT by conservativewasp (Liberals lie for sport and hate their country. Islam is a terrorist organization.)
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To: conservativewasp

That was the famous Tunguska explosion in 1908, probably caused by a fragile meteor or comet that overheating during entry into the Earth's atmosphere and exploded with the force of a 15-megaton thermonuclear bomb at relatively low altitude. That was the reason why strong blast effects were recorded as much as 50 miles away from the point of the blast.


19 posted on 08/26/2005 7:47:00 AM PDT by RayChuang88
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