Suddenly, the sky was split in two, and high above the forest, the whole northern part of the sky appeared covered in fire.0:08
At that moment, there was a bang in the sky, and a mighty crash, followed by a noise like stones falling from the sky, or of guns firing.0:16
This is how a witness described one of the most mysterious and frightening events to occur on the planet in history.0:29
It was around 7 AM on the 30th of June, 1908, near Vanavara in Siberia, and people were just waking up when suddenly there was a huge explosion in the skies above the Podkamennaya Tunguska River.0:35
The shock of the blast was so strong that it was recorded by instruments as far away as England.0:50
Millions of trees were flattened, and thousands of reindeer and other wildlife were killed.0:56
Surprisingly and fortunately, there were no human victims though.1:02
After the blast, thick clouds gathered in the skies over the region, reflecting the sunlight away.1:07
At the time, no one understood what had happened, and local people thought that the god Ogdy had punished them.1:13
The Tunguska region is so remote, that it took over a decade for scientists to organize an expedition to investigate the event.1:20
Most experts now believe that a comet or asteroid was to blame for the destruction.1:28
They say that as it ripped through the sky, it heated the air around it to 24,700°C and eventually exploded into a fireball at 8,500 meters above the ground, releasing energy equal to about 1,000 times the atomic bomb dropped1:33
Recent studies of the area have revealed a pleasantly surprising fact, though.1:52
The soil in the Tunguska area is richer than volcanic ash, and the plant life is growing 4 times faster than it normally should.1:57
In fact, it seems the comet, meteor, or asteroid may have been a gift from the heavens, as the area is becoming like a Garden of Eden.2:06
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