Comments on: Meteorological paintings of the Tunguska Event http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/meteorological-paintings-of-th.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 14:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Chris Perriman http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/meteorological-paintings-of-th.html#comment-1314619 Chris Perriman Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137756#comment-1314619 I demand a cut of your profits ;) I demand a cut of your profits ;)

]]> By: AbdulAlhazred http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/meteorological-paintings-of-th.html#comment-1314591 AbdulAlhazred Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137756#comment-1314591 What do you mean? Are we to conclude there was no mystery simply because there has been research done and plausible or even proven explanations exist? What would the popsci channels and magazines do all day if we actually corrected misconceptions!? You can't prove it didn't happen in a completely preposterous manner that is indistinguishable from it not happening that way!!  What do you mean? Are we to conclude there was no mystery simply because there has been research done and plausible or even proven explanations exist? What would the popsci channels and magazines do all day if we actually corrected misconceptions!?
You can’t prove it didn’t happen in a completely preposterous manner that is indistinguishable from it not happening that way!! 

]]> By: Marja Erwin http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/meteorological-paintings-of-th.html#comment-1314583 Marja Erwin Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137756#comment-1314583 According to Wikipedia, there's ongoing controversy over whether it was an asteroid or a comet. Apparently, nickel and iron anomalies in the soil and in tree resin suggest an asteroid, or perhaps a cometary nucleus, while the air-burst explosion and atmospheric effects suggest a comet. According to Wikipedia, there’s ongoing controversy over whether it was an asteroid or a comet. Apparently, nickel and iron anomalies in the soil and in tree resin suggest an asteroid, or perhaps a cometary nucleus, while the air-burst explosion and atmospheric effects suggest a comet.

]]> By: AbdulAlhazred http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/meteorological-paintings-of-th.html#comment-1314584 AbdulAlhazred Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137756#comment-1314584 Suddenly I just got a great idea for an alternate history short story! :D Suddenly I just got a great idea for an alternate history short story! :D

]]> By: David Breece http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/meteorological-paintings-of-th.html#comment-1314580 David Breece Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137756#comment-1314580 The Doctor likely had something to do with that. The Doctor likely had something to do with that.

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/meteorological-paintings-of-th.html#comment-1314532 Noctilucent Studios Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137756#comment-1314532 I think I read once that if the alien starship, I mean,"asteroid" had arrived a few hours earlier it would've wiped London off the map. I think I read once that if the alien starship, I mean,”asteroid” had arrived a few hours earlier it would’ve wiped London off the map.

]]> By: Chris Perriman http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/meteorological-paintings-of-th.html#comment-1314531 Chris Perriman Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137756#comment-1314531 This got me to wondering: if the asteroid had been a few hours earlier or later, what could it have hit? While most of the planet at around 60° is wilderness (Russia and northern Canada) or ocean, Oslo, Stockholm, Saint Petersburg and Anchorage are all within a degree or so of the impact site. How would world history have been different if a major city had been wiped off the map in 1908? would the outcome of WWI or the Russian revolution have been different if they had been dealing with the destruction of St Petersburg just a few years previously? This got me to wondering: if the asteroid had been a few hours earlier or later, what could it have hit?
While most of the planet at around 60° is wilderness (Russia and northern Canada) or ocean, Oslo, Stockholm, Saint Petersburg and Anchorage are all within a degree or so of the impact site.
How would world history have been different if a major city had been wiped off the map in 1908? would the outcome of WWI or the Russian revolution have been different if they had been dealing with the destruction of St Petersburg just a few years previously?

]]> By: Nadreck http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/meteorological-paintings-of-th.html#comment-1314520 Nadreck Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137756#comment-1314520 Of course it was an asteroid.  Prof. Moriarity laid a set of clues which posthumously lured Sherlock Holmes to the Tunguska region on the day of the impact in a failsafe assassination attempt.  The Prof had previous calculated the impact zone and date based on his classic paper "The Dynamics of an Asteroid". Of course it was an asteroid.  Prof. Moriarity laid a set of clues which posthumously lured Sherlock Holmes to the Tunguska region on the day of the impact in a failsafe assassination attempt.  The Prof had previous calculated the impact zone and date based on his classic paper “The Dynamics of an Asteroid”.

]]> By: Moriarty http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/meteorological-paintings-of-th.html#comment-1314505 Moriarty Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137756#comment-1314505 No! It was caused when NIKOLA TESLA created a BLACK HOLE with ALIEN TECHNOLOGY. Sheerson. No! It was caused when NIKOLA TESLA created a BLACK HOLE with ALIEN TECHNOLOGY. Sheerson.

]]> By: Dave Shevett http://boingboing.net/2012/01/09/meteorological-paintings-of-th.html#comment-1314491 Dave Shevett Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=137756#comment-1314491 *sigh* - the mystery here has so long been solved... and I wish media wouldn't keep reporting this as some big scary puzzle that scientists still haven't solved.  Really, it's solved.  It was a few dozen meter diameter asteroid that exploded 6-10 miles off the ground.  This is backed up by fragments of meteorite found in the blast area, and the eye witnesses showing the re-entry track before the explosion.   These are even shown in the paintings above.   It's not a mystery.  It's an asteroid.  Can we move on please? *sigh* – the mystery here has so long been solved… and I wish media wouldn’t keep reporting this as some big scary puzzle that scientists still haven’t solved.  Really, it’s solved.  It was a few dozen meter diameter asteroid that exploded 6-10 miles off the ground.  This is backed up by fragments of meteorite found in the blast area, and the eye witnesses showing the re-entry track before the explosion.   These are even shown in the paintings above.  

It’s not a mystery.  It’s an asteroid.  Can we move on please?

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