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Russian Mystery Blast Caused by Comet, Acid Rain Hints

news.nationalgeographic.com — The theory that a comet-based meteorite devastated a vast area of Siberia when it blew apart in Earth's atmosphere (the Tunguska explosion) on June 30, 1908 is supported by growing evidence of acid rain triggered by the event, scientists announced.

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  • sindex, on 07/24/2008, -1/+17Everyone knows this was Tesla's doing.
  • dajuggernaut, on 07/24/2008, -3/+995 diggs, front page, zero comments??
    I think that National Geographic should be covering this mystery instead....
  • Zipko, on 07/24/2008, -0/+5There's also a comment above you already. He was "first!!!".
  • Zipko, on 07/24/2008, -0/+4Maybe the tree's formed a cult and committed mass suicide. There was no comet, they just all decided to cut themselves down together.
  • wynbennett, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3This is so not news...they have been teaching about this in astronomy classes for years. I hate putting negative comments but really I am no astronomer and I knew about this.
  • thegrantman, on 07/24/2008, -1/+4I thought this was already agreed upon...years ago.
  • WhiskeyLemur, on 06/30/2009, -2/+4It was a weather balloon. Or swamp gas.
  • dajuggernaut, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2he snuck that one in... that sly little bugger...
  • protogenxl, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2And that comet caused the second biggest interdimensional cross rip in recorded history a year later.
  • inactive, on 07/24/2008, -1/+3And here I thought all along it was the planet Venus. Thanks for clearing THAT mystery up, National Geographic!! Case closed.
    /sarcasm
  • thegrantman, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2The other half of the conspiracy theorists blame the CIA. I believe it was a vegetation suicide cult.
  • copypastry, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Didn't they determine that it was a comet or meteor airburst a long long time ago?
  • enantiodromia, on 07/25/2008, -0/+1this just happened to occur the same exact time Tesla was testing a super high energy device for the first time. totally unrelated. not.
  • fivo7, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1TUNGUSKA !!!! ....the Caps Lock of disasters
  • VitriolAndAngst, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1This was a theory years ago -- yes. But the NEW information is looking at the acid rain around the area. That would suggest meteorite dust -- I suppose.

    Another theory was a drifting anti-matter particle -- but no telling what byproduct you would expect to find from that.
  • abuelos84, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1and years later, vanilla ice was born...
  • yujie, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1I thought it was an Asgard ship that exploded
  • mnky9800n, on 07/24/2008, -0/+0I didn't realize there was ever a question that it wasn't a meteor.
  • sovietninja, on 07/24/2008, -1/+1It's not acid rain, its the Black Oil....
  • honeybrass, on 07/25/2008, -0/+0It was agreed upon by those that agreed upon it.
  • inactive, on 07/25/2008, -1/+1Enjoy that blue pill while you can.
    http://www.arrod.co.uk/essays/matrix.php
  • DestroyFascism, on 07/24/2008, -1/+1Sucking the swamp gas again?
  • Alexrrr, on 07/24/2008, -0/+0Wow, i was hopping much more of those "In soviet russia". So i will digg everyone for accuracy , Soviet Union oficially began in 1922
  • WeirdNGilly, on 07/24/2008, -1/+1Why the griping? National Geographic News is NOT saying that the news is that a meteor probably caused the blast. Rather, they are saying that new evidence based on acid rain supports the longstanding meteor theory. "***The theory*** that a comet-based meteorite devastated a vast area of Siberia when it blew apart in Earth's atmosphere (the Tunguska explosion) on June 30, 1908 ***is supported by growing evidence of acid rain*** triggered by the event, scientists announced."

    So that's the news: Newly announced acid rain evidence supports the theory that a comet/meteor caused the blast.

    Class dismissed.
  • arjie, on 07/24/2008, -3/+2Except by the Reader's Digest. They had this aliens theory. Along with half of the other conspiracy theorists on the planet.
  • josephbloseph, on 07/24/2008, -1/+0I blame the south
  • Vbp6us, on 07/24/2008, -1/+0This is not news to most of us.
  • mattlohkamp, on 07/24/2008, -6/+3In soviet russia, mystery comets blasts you with acid rain!

    ... er, damn, I'm not good at making those.
  • mcvetyty, on 07/24/2008, -9/+2You are an idiot. The real mystery is why do you care?

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