Tunguska Meteorite, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
The term “Tunguska meteorite fall” refers to the cosmic phenomenon that was observed on June 30, 1908, about 7 a.m. of the local time in Central Siberia, over Krasnoyarsk Territory, Irkutsk Region and Yakutiya. The most remarkable feature of the event was an explosion of a space object of unknown origin which was moving generally SE to NW and was seen in many settlements of the region.
The flight of the object was attended by sound, seismic and electrophonic effects which covered a vast territory, and it was equal to the whole set of manifestations of a bolide of 22m – 17m of the stellar magnitude. Its brightness was comparable to that of the Sun, but there was no smoky trail characteristic of large iron meteorites. Still, many witnesses noticed a trail of iridescent bands looking like a rainbow
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