LASSIES OF TUNGISKY (aka LASSIES OF TUNGUSKA)
Item title reads- Lassies of Tungisky! A Russian Cameo. <br/> <br/>Tunguska, Siberia, Russia. <br/> <br/>M/S of deerskin going through a sewing machine, C/U of the lady's face as she sews. Various shots as the ladies sew the deerskin goods by hand. M/S as a lady carries the finished products out for trappers to inspect. Various shots as coats and hats are put in a pile. Some are put in a sack for the fur fair.
Happy Communicator - Science: The Mystery of Toungouska - #38
LARGE ASTEROID TO FLY BY EARTH SATURDAY
&lt;p>&lt;b>--SUPERS--&lt;/b>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>:00-:04&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Courtesy: ESA &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>(pre-fonted) &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>:05-:11&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Courtesy: ESA - P.Carril&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>(pre-fonted) &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--VIDEO SHOWS--&lt;/b>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>Projected path of Asteroid 2024 MK flying past Earth, illustration showing asteroids moving past Earth &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--LEAD IN--&lt;/b>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE A LARGE ASTEROID FLYING BY EARTH (TODAY) SATURDAY.&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--VO SCRIPT--&lt;/b>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>THE SPACE ROCK NAMED "20-24-M-K," WILL PASS OUR PLANET WITHIN THE DISTANCE OF THE MOON AT 9-46-A-M EASTERN TIME SATURDAY MORNING. &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>THE ASTEROID IS BELIEVED TO BE BETWEEN 400 AND 850 FEET ACROSS, SO YOU WILL NEED BINOCULARS OR A TELESCOPE TO SEE IT. &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>STARGAZERS LIVING IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES WILL HAVE A BETTER VIEW. &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>THE SOLAR EVENT ALSO COMES ONE DAY BEFORE ASTEROID DAY. &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>WHICH IS AN ANNUAL GLOBAL DAY THAT COMMEMORATES THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE 19-08 TUNGUSKA EVENT. &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>THAT'S WHEN AN ASTEROID EXPLODED OVER SIBERIA....LEVELING HUNDREDS OF MILES OF FOREST LAND. &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--TAG--&lt;/b>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>IF YOU DON'T GET A CHANCE TO WITNESS THIS HISTORIC EVENT, NO WORRIES. &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>THE NEXT ASTEROID TO FLY PAST EARTH WILL BE ON APRIL 13TH IN 20-29. &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>THAT ASTEROID WILL BE VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE. &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----&lt;/b>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;b>--KEYWORD TAGS--&lt;/b>&lt;/p>\n&lt;p>ASTEROID DAY SPACE KICKER EASY TO TEASE &lt;/p>\n&lt;p>&lt;/p>
Tunguska event
Tunguska event. Animation of the object that caused the Tunguska event in Siberia, Russia, descending through the Earth's atmosphere. The Tunguska event was a massive explosion that took place at 07:17 on 30 June 1908
US Asteroid - Astronomers comment on asteroid that passed near Earth
TAPE: EF02/0532 IN_TIME: 23:09:02 DURATION: 1:32 SOURCES: ABC RESTRICTIONS: DATELINE: Various, 21 June 2002/ File SHOTLIST: 1. Earth as seen from space 2. Animated graphics of asteroid travelling near Earth Cambridge, Massachusetts - 21 June 2002 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Tim Spahr, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory "There aren't very many objects that have approached this closely that we've known about, but this kind of thing happens several times a year and the objects are missed." 4. Animated graphic of asteroid Lexington, MA - 21 June 2002 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Grant Stokes, Associate head of the Aerospace Division, MIT Lincoln Laboratory "The atmosphere does a marvelous job of filtering out all the small stuff that comes by on a daily basis, and the pieces that get through only do it on hundred-year time scales." New Mexico 6. Telescope File - 1908 Tunguska, Siberia 7. Damaged forest after asteroid blast Lexington, Massachusetts 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Grant Stokes, Associate head of the Aerospace Division, MIT Lincoln Laboratory "I think people are going to have to get used to that, and used to seeing more of these events." File 9. Missile launch New Mexico 10. Wide shot telescope 11. Mid shot telescope STORYLINE: An asteroid the size of a football field hurtled past the Earth a week ago, missing what could have been a catastrophic collision by a mere 120-thousand kilometres (75,000 miles) - less than a third of the distance to the moon. The miss was one of the nearest ever recorded for an object of that size, according to scientists. The asteroid wasn't detected until three days after it sped past Earth on June 14. When such asteroids are detected they are usually spotted far from Earth when they are approaching or on their way out. The asteroid, provisionally named 2002 M-N, was travelling at more than 36-thousand-800 kilometres per hour (23,000 mph) when it was spotted. Light in weight but with a diameter of between 50 and 120 yards, 2002 M-N was big enough to have caused the kind of devastation experienced in Siberia in 1908, when an asteroid that exploded above Tunguska flattened nearly 1-thousand-280 square kilometres (800 square miles) of forest. The asteroid's air blast was believed to have done the damage, since no crater was found. The size of asteroids is estimated by measuring their brightness, without knowing their composition. In general, damage on the ground depends on what an asteroid is made of, varying from solid metal to a loosely bound aggregate. Asteroids the size of 2002 M-N are estimated to hit the Earth every 100 to several hundred years, causing local destruction but no damage to civilization or the planet's ecosystem.
Impact at Tunguska
View behind The Tunguska Impactor as it passes through Earths atmosphere
US NASA Mars - NASA says asteroid may collide with Mars on January 30
NAME: NASA MARS 20071222I TAPE: EF07/1519 IN_TIME: 10:26:28:02 DURATION: 00:00:56:01 SOURCES: NASA TV DATELINE: 21 Dec 2007/File RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: December 21, 2007 1. NASA animation of planet Mars with graphics Pasadena, California - December 21, 2007 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Steve Chesley, Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: "If this asteroid actually does hit Mars, there would be a tremendous amount of energy released. Something like three megatons of TNT. It would hit at about 13 and a half kilometres (8.4 miles) per second and an impact like that might create a crater in something like half a mile (800 metres) across." FILE: Mars - Date unknown 3. Pan of Mars surface STORYLINE A newly discovered asteroid has a 1 in 75 chance of slamming into the planet Mars on January 30th, NASA scientists said on Thursday. Experts at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California indicate the object may pass within 30,000 miles (48,280 kilometres) of Mars on January 30, 2008. Right now, the asteroid is about half-way between the Earth and Mars and closing the distance at a speed of about 27,900 miles per hour (44,900 kilometres per hour). "If this asteroid actually does hit Mars, there would be a tremendous amount of energy released. Something like three megatons of TNT," said Steve Chesley, a scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Chesley said the impact could create a crater of about a half-mile (800 metres) in diameter. The asteroid, known as 2007 WD5, was discovered in late November and is similar in size to the Tunguska object that hit remote central Siberia in 1908, unleashing energy equivalent to a 15-megaton nuclear bomb that wiped out 60 million trees. Scientists tracking the asteroid, which is halfway to Mars, initially put the odds of impact at 1 in 350 and increased the chances this week after analyzing the data.
The sky and hell
Tunguska impact
Animation of the comet impact at Tunguska. The Tunguska impact occurred on 30th June 1908, when an object, thought to be a comet, exploded above forest in Siberia, Russia. The explosion flattened trees over more than 2000 square kilometres. The explosion is thought to have been some 1000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, with a power of some 15-20 megatons of TNT. The event released huge amounts of dust and water vapour into the upper atmosphere, which caused the sky to glow at night even far away from the region.
Impact at Tunguska, animation
The Tunguska Impactor in the final moments of its descent through Earth's atmosphere
Impact at Tunguska
Aerial detonation of the Impactor over the Tunguska region
Impact at Tunguska
Animation of the Tunguska Event, showing the impactor approaching Earth, heating up in the atmosphere and exploding over the Tunguska River region of Siberia, on the morning of 30th June 1908. The explosion is estimated to have been some 1000 times as powerful as the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It devastated a region of more than 2000 square kilometres of conifer forest, but due to the remoteness of the location, there was no damage to human infrastructure.
Impact at Tunguska
The Tunguska Impactor begins entry into Earth's atmosphere
Impact at Tunguska
Approach of the Impactor responsible for the devastation in the Tunguska River region on the morning of June 30, 1908
Tunguska comet approaching Earth
Animation of the Tunguska comet approaching Earth. On 30th June 1908, a body impacted remote forest in the Tunguska region of Siberia, Russia. It flattened more than 2000 square kilometres of trees, although no fatalities were recorded. The impacting body is thought to have been a comet, as little if any of it reached the ground, as would be expected for a massive rocky body.
Tunguska event
Impactor responsible for the region of Tunguska devastated on 30th June 1908.