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Adventures in Siberia: A Trip to the Site of the Largest Impact in History
(Tunguska)
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What was Tunguska? • Largest impact in
recorded history (June 30, 1908)
• Explosion 1000 times larger than Hiroshima bomb (WWII).
• Impactor was a comet (although often called the Tunguska meteorite)
• Rockland Co. 200 sq. mi. : 830 sq. mi. Tunguska.
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What Did The Local People (the Evenki) Think?
• God (Ogdy) was mad at them
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Tunguska: June 30, 1908 Leonid Kulik-first scientist to visit Tunguska: “One has an uncanny feeling when one sees large trees snapped like matchsticks”
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Trees at Tunguska Epicenter-Upright but Burned-Ground in Waves
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Other Ideas Nikola Tesla-Electromagnetic experiment gone bad “Death Ray” Methane gas explosion Alien spaceship Anti-matter to mirror matter Mini black hole passes through Earth
Conventional Theories Meteorite explosion in air (like Chelyabinsk). Comet explosion in air.
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Our group of scientists wants to visit Tunguska: Slava arranges it.
Yenisei River Kr
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What We Had to Do to Get There • Visa (start in November for June 30th visit-official
letter of invitation)-Slava arranges letter. • Permission to visit (U.S. Government Employees) • Airplane to Krasnoyarsk, then Vanavaara-Slava • Camping gear, food on trip (no hotel, no store)-Slava • Helicopter from Vanavaara to Tunguska • and back (70 km each way)-Slava arranges • Herding cats… Us-Americans and Australian-Slava
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Last Supper before Tunguska Trip • Cosmonauts on right-Greichka
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Arrival Vanavaara, June 30, 2008 • Traditional costumes and amulets for safety
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Inside Helicopter - on the way! • Discovery Channel team plus our group-free ride for
us- arranged by Slava
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Slava on helicopter • Happy to be going • Relieved worked
out so far
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Swamp just before landing at Tunguska epicenter
Yellow areas: Swamps Permafrost: 1.5 feet down
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Problem at camp-Bear with 2 cubs-swatted tent. ���Solution-Two dogs and
rifle-AK-47.
Barsik (Siberian Tiger) Tunguska
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Filming, Singing, Eating, and Drinking (and swatting mosquitos)
• Scientists from Tomsk-mapped fallen trees
• Mama Luda
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Boiling Water and Cooking-Open Fire
• Olga-architect • Documentary
film-maker • Smoke keeps
mosquitoes away
• All water from swamp
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Filming with Siberian Mosquitos • Full head
gear - • four film
crews- • Discovery
(USA), • Russian • BBC, Czech
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What is left after 100 years?
Burned logs from trees scorched in 1908
Stumps of fallen trees
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Leaving Tunguska
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Slava Leaving for Home-Siberian Railway at Krasnoyarsk
Very relaxed-no more herding of cats - Americans and Australian)
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Final Quote on Tunguska
• Dr. Andrei Olk’hovatov • “If for many years you were thinking about a
meteorite or alien spacecraft, of course, it would be very hard to change your point of view”