http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Tunguska Posts tagged with 'Tunguska' at MetaFilter. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:47:21 -0800 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:47:21 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/72966/KABOOM <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event">The Tunguska Event.</a> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7470283.stm">A</a> <a href="http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/06/dayintech_0630">century</a> <a href="http://www.physorg.com/news134139090.html">ago</a>, <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2008-06-29-asteroid-anniversary_N.htm">something</a> <a href="http://www.psi.edu/projects/siberia/siberia.html">exploded</a> <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080701-tunguska.html">over</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiXpp-i442s">Russia</a>... <a href="http://johnmckay.blogspot.com/2008/06/century-of-tunguska.html">Different</a> <a href="http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=3648643">theories </a><a href="http://en.rian.ru/science/20080630/112598958.html">abound</a>. Some of the more outlandish are summed up in the always splendid <em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247885/">Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World</a></em> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oQO3LIAaDM">1</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBKnmlBbnVU">2</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_vHZgl0QrY">3</a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.72966 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:47:21 -0800 ArthurCClarke Astronomy Explosion Meteor Russia Siberia Tunguska Youtube fearfulsymmetry http://www.metafilter.com/50643/BoomShakaLaka <a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060404-1102-bn04boom2.html">Mysterious Boom</a> felt throughout Southern California this morning with no explanation. USGS claims there were no quakes, meteorologists claim nothing in the weather could have caused it, military bases are claiming that nothing they were doing would cause such a rumble, and air traffic controllers state that no supersonic flights were taking place in the area (no sonic boom). I was awoken by the shaking and the car alarms that followed. If it's none of the above, just what caused it? tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.50643 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:26:42 -0800 badpost boom earthquake sandiego tunguska usgs weather afx114