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Visit to Tunguska?
I'll be riding through Russia this summer and will be as close as I've ever been to the Tunguska impact site (site of meteorite/comet/anti-matter/UFO impact in Siberia), which I've always wanted to check out. Has anyone been there?
I've heard that you have to helicopter in, but on Google maps it shows something that looks like a road.
I don't where where the road would be coming from, because it looks like it is in the middle of nowhere--hundreds of kilometers from Krasnoyarsk or any other city.
Google didn't seem to turn up any organized tours (helicopter, ATV, or otherwise). If you've been, or even looked into going, I'd appreciate any information on how to get to this place.
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The prevailing theory is that a comet exploded before impact with ~10-20 megatons explosive power (all kinetic energy converted to heat plus the bit of methane ice which oxidized). Because of that there is no crater. Just a lot of trees knocked down which have been slowly rotting for 100 years. Probably even those trees are hard to see because succession vegetation has taken over (brush, alders, birch).
If you want to see a spectacular recent impact crater go to Meteor Crater in Arizona, Wolfe Creek in NT, Australia or Guelb Richat in Mauritania.
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Yeah, I know the theories and know there's no crater. I still want to see it. I just don't want to charter a helicopter to do it...
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Sooo, no one on the HUBB has been to Tunguska?! Wow, I didn't think that was possible.
I'll try to send some e-mails to some local Russian tour providers and see what I can find out.
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Mystery spot
Put me on the list for your post trip show. I have always been intrigued by that area. I rode the St. Helens area just after the eruption there. The Russian event site would be great to visit even this long after the event.
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July of this year is the 100th anniversary of the impact, so supposedly they were planning special tourist activities...but haven't seen any indication of this via google searches.
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