Tunguska: When the Sky Fell to Earth

Siberia, Russia, 30th of June 1908. We are in a woodland area surrounding the Tunguska river, not far from modern day Krasnoyarsk. Simply known as Tunguska. One of the most desolate areas of the most desolate region of the Russian Empire.

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Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Arnaldo Teodorani
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

[geographicstravel]

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[fisher]

This guy is on so many different channels he's essentially the last vestige of the British Empire

[JusticeNotServed]

The craziest and EXTREMELY fortunate aspect of this is that it happened in such a remote area versus a much more populated area.

[scoreboardntlie]

The fact that humans have been keeping records for a couple thousand years and there hasn't been a single meteor impact in a populated area still astounds me to this day

[captnwebb]

It's a bloody good job this didn't happen in the atomic age.

[falcorusticolus]

I did a report on this for my high school astronomy class. I found it both fascinating and scary when you think that an event like this could happen at any time, anywhere in the world.

[HansLemurson]

17:50
"What if this tragedy caused people to set aside their differences and work together for the common good of humanity?
Well that's enough science fiction for now."

[sada]

"Nothing paranormal happened at Tunguska"

"There is no war in Ba Sing Se"

[ernestolombardo]

Simon touched on something very important for those of us who first heard about this in the 1970s: the air of mystery, invoking anti-matter, mini black holes, aliens. All due to the secrecy of the Soviet Union, which I'd never considered in this specific case until now.

[LGSmith_]

Me finding an entirely new Simon channel:

Psychiatrist: what do you see?
Me: Simon... Simon is everywhere I look.

[Adam_Dot_Com]

fun fact: at ground zero for the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, the building that is now a memorial, withstood the air blast when the bomb detonated above it. This is due to the direction of the force exerted on the building, traveling straight down its supports (so vertically). However outside that central radius of ground zero, the force applied to those buildings were more diagonal or even perpendicular to the supports. Those buildings had practically no chance of withstanding the sweeping blast.

[brt]

My great-grandmother was a little girl in 1908 and was working in her mother's garden about 200 km away when this happened. She saw it go past, then she saw the explosion, then the blast wave went by.

[davidwoodward]

Theory: Aliens declared war on spruce trees.

[claudialomeli]

"Tesla did an oopsie."
I love you guys.

[agentcoxack]

I love the idea of Tesla cocking around with his tower and a chunk of Russia just flattens in the background

[kravenraven]

When I was a teenager my theory was that the strange blast was Rasputin arriving in this plane of existence...

[herrgodfrey]

The thought of "Tesla doing an oopsie" has got to be one of the most terrifying prospects ever.

[Gregnier]

HAHAHAHAHAHA... The Captions for "nothing paranormal happened at Tunguska" section are hilarious. Thanks for adding that Easter egg!

[mahadaalvi]

Fukushima, Area 51, Pompeii, Catacombs and this?! This channel is coming in guns blazing🔥👀

[dwingfield]

The meteor theory seems sound, but how about this : Tesla deflected and broke the meteor up with his death ray, thus saving thousands of lives!