I used these descriptions in this painting, but I compensated for the twice-greater distance. It was called diffuse bright ball two or three times larger than the sun but not as bright the trail was a "fiery-white band." Inconsistent colors were mentioned: white, red, flame-like, bluish-white. "From a closer distance of around 200 km, several witnesses gave a better description of the object itself. "A flying star with a fiery tail its tail disappeared into the air."Īfter this object passed across the sky, it approached the horizon where it was consistently described from this distance of 400 km, as appearing like a "pillar of fire," then replaced by "a cloud of smoke rising from the ground," or "a cloud of ash.on the horizon," or "a huge cloud of black smoke. As it approached the ground, it took on a flattened shape." A few minutes later separate deafening crash like peals of thunder.followed by eight loud bangs like gunshots." Witnesses in the town of Kirensk and nearby towns at the same distance recollected the fireball flashing across the sky in the following terms: "A ball of ing down obliquely. View from Kirensk, two seconds before the explosion. "Everything around was shrouded in smoke and fog from the burning fallen trees."Ī few years ago, I decided to use eyewitness reports such as the following ones, collected by Russian scientists decades ago, to reconstruct the appearance of the event from various locations, and at various moments. They were blown into the air and knocked unconscious one man was blown into a tree and later died. Probably the closest observers were some reindeer herders asleep in their tents in several camps about 30 km (20 mi) from the site.
#Tunguska meteoroid windows
At distances around 60 km, people were thrown to the ground or even knocked unconscious windows were broken and crockery knocked off shelves. About 170 km (110 mi) from the explosion, the object was seen in the cloudless, daytime sky as a brilliant, sunlike fireball thunderous noises were heard. At 500 km (300 mi), observers reported "deafening bangs" and a fiery cloud on the horizon. Seismic vibrations were recorded by sensitive instruments as much as 1000 km (600 mi) away. You can get a sense of the magnitude of this event by comparing observations made at different distances. I believe that we now know enough about large impacts to "decode" the subjective descriptions of the witnesses and create realistic views of this historic asteroid impact as seen from different distances. However, Russian scientists collected eyewitness accounts of the event. Realistic pictures of the event are unavailable. It was caused by the impact and breakup of a large meteorite, at an altitude roughly six kilometers in the atmosphere. HartmannĪt 7:17 AM on the morning of June 30, 1908, a mysterious explosion occurred in the skies over Siberia.
#Tunguska meteoroid how to
Marty and the girls’ neighbor Joey become rivals, each helping the team at large figure out how to stop an asteroid with just the technology available in 1908… plus a few things they can easily steal from various different points in history.A Project in Astronomical Art, Science, and History (In Progress) by William K. Elizabeth makes fast friends with Eva’s younger sister Hope. Gabe develops a crush on Eva, who teaches him more about their rival, the Evil Magician, whom Gabe learns is named Kakovoulos.
The kids meet magicians and apprentices from all across time and space, teaming up with a trio from just ten years in their future. Their assignment: to stop an asteroid bound for 1908 London, the largest city on earth at the time. Not only will he be going along this time, but they will also need the help of other magicians and apprentices too. But then the magician himself shows up at the Lovejoys’ door one day, frantically summoning them in person to their biggest assignment yet. It’s been a year since Gabe, Marty, and Elizabeth’s last adventure, and Gabe is starting to wonder if Thrylos will ever summon them again.
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