{"id":821,"date":"2007-11-12T19:00:33","date_gmt":"2007-11-12T19:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/11\/12\/the-tunguska-event-crater\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:41","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:41","slug":"the-tunguska-event-crater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/11\/12\/the-tunguska-event-crater\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tunguska Event Crater"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Crater From 1908 Russian Space Impact Found, Team Says<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Maria Cristina Valsecchi in Rome, Italy
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Almost a century after a mysterious explosion in Russia flattened a huge swath of Siberian forest, scientists have found what they believe is a crater made by the cosmic object that made the blast.
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The Tunguska Event<\/a> or Explosion fascinated me as a child. Glad to see some more information. Though it won’t stop the UFOlogists from spouting conspiracy nonsense<\/a> regarding the incident, especially with bits like this in the article: "The basin of Lake Cheko is not circular, deep, and steep like a typical impact crater" and "lacks the rim of debris usually found around typical impact craters" and "the cosmic body, he added, which likely made a "soft crash" in the marshy terrain."<\/p>\n

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\nImage from Kulik’s 1927 expedition of the explosion aftermath<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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