Tunguska Event | 100 Wonders | Atlas Obscura

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Edit: Ryan Thompson
Graphics: Michelle Enemark

[UchihaFabio]

just imagine this meteorite hitting a city directly

[Silentmusings.noisylife]

In soviet Russia, stars reach for you

[drwatsonyt]

I've heard of this, but never knew the massive size of the explosion! That is just really REALLY big!

[soyusmaximus]

Thank God it hit in the middle of Siberia than in a city or something.

[mb]

By far 100 Wonders is my favorite series on youtube, I hope you get tons of subscribers! :D

[MeAuntieNora]

This one fascinated me ever since I was a kid.  I think I learned about it from Arthur C Clarke.

[themonkster]

What's most fascinating about this story that isn't mentioned in the video is what the locals say they witnessed prior to the explosion. That's a blast coming from the ground and hitting something coming into our atmosphere. (of course they worded it different) They say, not me, that the blasts came from the Siberian Cauldrons.

[JeremyLambert]

These are why Tuesdays and Thursdays are my favorite days.

[shadowsfromolliesgraveyard]

If these events occur every ~300 years what was the one that happened about 300 years before Tunguska?

[frozeneternity]

how was the night sky lit up for weeks after? What would cause this?

[PotterManiac]

FGO Tunguska Sanctuary brought me here.

[FTW]

What if it was caused by a pink haired fox lady

[pareekshithnaik]

The Siberian locals thought it was caused by Agdy. In India and Sanskrit Agni is the God of Fire. Very interesting.

[Kittaty]

Mind blowing! (possibly literally) It's crazy to think that at any moment... BOOM! City gone. Great video, looking forward to the next one.

[SrValeriolete]

Amazing video, just sad that it doesn't use the metric system, most of the world don't have an intuitive sense of what a mile, feet or pound is, have to stop all the time to look up the conversion. I would suggest putting the two measures in the next videos.

[OriginalSparkstar]

Fun fact Nikola Tesla claimed to be the cause of the Tunguska Event as well as another weird event that lit up the night sky over the ocean for miles and miles

[trx_]

Just came after clearing lostbelt 6 . ps: the ending was sad and hearwarming .

[petcre]

Official story in a Channel 4 documentary years back was it was caused by an exploding meteor. The few survivors who refused to accept or cooperate with the programs version said that wasn't the whole story. They said a meteor was roaring in and would have devastatingly struck the ground when something shot out of the ground at great speed and blew it to bits. Radiation was found all over the area and still the damage is visible. What could fly at great speed and wipe out a meteor with a nuclear weapon in 1908?

[Unknown-wbex]

Me coming here after Lostbelt 6 intermission trailer 👀

[jodicompton]

Dylan looks way too happy about a new Tunguska event happening any day now ...