The Tunguska Event

The Tunguska incident has had many specials run on TLC, The Discovery Channel, and The History Channel. I have watched most of them, and I do not even remotely remember any mention of radioactive fallout.

However, the matter of a "mushroom cloud" and the way in which the damage spread caused investigators to conclude that it was in fact a large meteor that exploded before it managed to hit the ground. The construction of the actual object which exploded will perhaps remain a mystery, however I think the chances are high that the explosion was caused by rapid expansion of the materials on the inside of the large meteor. There was perhaps a comparatively harder and more heat-resistive element that created a hard outer shell, and when the heat and internal pressure reached a critical point, the whole thing exploded, which was above the ground.

Perhaps, if ther really was radiation, it might have been from the meteor itself, which contained elements that were radioactive due to cosmic radiation.

This is my theory.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Stoob

Guess I shoulda done better checking of my sources.

Your source was an excerpt for a SAT critical reading exercise... they MUST be right. O_O

Actually, do you know who they specifically cited? From what I recall, they usually just take a clip from some book or essay, ignore the actual details, and just ask for reading comprehension.

Anywho, something really interesting about the incident was that the manner of explosion caused a cat head shaped area of tree destruction. Maybe it was a sign from feline aliens. X-D

There's nowhere I can't reach.