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On this day in 1908 – June 30th – an asteroid impact leveled hundreds of miles of Siberian forest around Tunguska.

The event is classified as an impact even, but is thought to have been caused by a meteoroid exploding above ground. No impact crater has ever been found. Since 2015, June 30th has been designated International Asteroid Day.


Mona Evans
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