I recall reading something recently that stated there was a mass at the bottom of the lake you mentioned that may be remains of the meteorite... I think it was also on TV.
Greg C. --- On Thu, 5/14/09, Meteorites USA <e...@meteoritesusa.com> wrote: > From: Meteorites USA <e...@meteoritesusa.com> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Tunguska Questions > To: "meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com" > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 12:41 PM > Hi Listees, > > Recently there's been more interest in the Tunguska event. > More scientists are trying to explain it, and some are even > looking at a lake near the blasts epicenter believing that > this is the missing crater. > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6239334.stm > > Photo of Lake Cheko: > http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/070626_lake_cheko_02.jpg > > A witness in Vanovara (36 Miles SE of the epicenter) said > in O. Richard Norton's "Rocks From Space" > > "The crash was followed by noise like stones falling from > the sky, or guns firing." > > and > > "when I lay on the ground I covered my head because I was > afraid that stones might hit it." > > We all know too well that witness reports aren't ideal > information but useful anyway. But, how would this person > know to say that there was a "noise like stones falling" > unless that were the case? Or did the witnesses report > become tainted after countless interviews? How many times > was this witness interviewed? > > I know people have searched for meteorites under and around > the epicenter area. But what if this was a stony meteoroid, > and the explosion blasted meteorite pieces 30-50 miles away. > The devastation this explosion caused is evidence that it > was one hell of a blast and was on par with a nuclear > explosion. > > YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiXpp-i442s > > Donald Yoemans (JPL) states in the History Channel video > that this blast was 15 megatons of equivalent energy > "roughly 1000 times that of the Hiroshima blast." > > VERY COOL ARTIST RENDERING: http://svidea.us/misha/image/tunguska2.jpg > > Photos of Devastation: > http://astro.wsu.edu/worthey/astro/html/im-meteor/tunguska-photo.jpg > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Tunguska.png > http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images1/tunguska3.jpg > http://www.world-mysteries.com/sci_tu3.gif > Artist Rendering: http://aura.gaia.com/photos/34/338910/large/tunguska-1.jpg > Area Map: http://www.world-mysteries.com/sci_tunguska1.gif > Blast Damage Area: http://www.world-mysteries.com/sci_tu2.gif > > When you factor in all this information, how come people > aren't looking 30-40 miles away for debris from this blast. > If it was as powerful as they say (as evidenced by the > downed trees and other devastation) wouldn't it make perfect > sense that area around the blast would be completely void of > meteorites as is the case? > > Having said that, wouldn't it be prudent to look further > away from the blasts epicenter for fragments? How far will a > blast such as that throw debris? If a Navy destroyer can > launch a huge shell a hundred miles using a few pounds of > gunpowder, how far can a meteoroid blast such as this launch > stone fragments? > > Bomb squad techs and investigators will be the first to > tell you that there's always something left over from a > blast no matter how powerful. Pieces get thrown sometimes > miles from the epicenter of powerful blast. In the case of > Tunguska this blast was nuclear powerful! Yes a lot of the > mass would have been melted and disintegrated but, how > likely is it really that the blast would make ALL trace of > the meteoroid disappear? > > Could there be meteorite pieces within a 30-50 mile ring > around the epicenter? > > -- Regards, > Eric Wichman > Meteorites USA > http://www.meteoritesusa.com > 904-236-5394 > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
