On this day in 1908, a giant fireball, most likely caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet flattened about eighty million trees near the Stony Tunguska River in Yeniseysk Governorate, Russia, in one of the most sparsely populated areas on Earth. It is said to be the largest impact event in recorded history. Tremors were recorded at a German seismic station more than 3,000 miles away. Because of the remoteness of the area, the first scientific expedition did not occur until 1927. They found no evidence of a meteorite impact and theories from scientists and artists abound to this day. Over one hundred years later, no trees have returned in the direct spot of the blast.
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