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* In ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', the Beast of Taming landing on Earth caused the Tunguska Event, and Koyanskaya of Darkness recreates it with her [[LimitBreak Noble Phantasm]], Tunguska Nine Drive.
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In 1921, Russian mineralogist Leonid Kulik concluded from eyewitness accounts that the explosion was from a meteorite impact. He led an expedition to the Tunguska region, hoping to find and salvage the meteor itself. Instead, they found a 50 kilometer-wide region of scorched and felled trees, with no impact crater to be found. Subsequent investigations have attempted to find explanations for the disappearance of the meteor, which still hasn't been found as of 2022. A small lake ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Cheko Cheko]]) was suggested to have originated from the impact [[note]]It's absent from 19th century maps (albeit rather inaccurate ones) and appears only from 1929 onward, it has unusual shape, and it's only 8 km from the epicenter[[/note]], but analysis of sediment samples from the lakebed has ruled out this theory[[note]]the lake had existed for centuries prior to the blast, and was only missing from maps due to the region being mostly unexplored wilderness[[/note]].

Today, most scientists agree that the Tunguska Event was caused by a meteoroid exploding in mid-air rather than directly impacting. While such air-bursts are common at higher altitudes, they are rarely close enough to Earth's surface to cause damage. There's some debate over whether the exploding space rock came from a comet (which would explain lack of a solid meteorite body) or an asteroid.

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In 1921, Russian mineralogist Leonid Kulik concluded from eyewitness accounts that the explosion was from a meteorite impact. He led an expedition to the Tunguska region, hoping to find and salvage the meteor itself. Instead, they found a 50 kilometer-wide region of scorched and felled trees, with no impact crater to be found. Subsequent investigations have attempted to find explanations for the disappearance of the meteor, which still hasn't meteor -- the closest effort to finding it came in 2013, when a team of researchers researched micro-samples of minerals from the center of the affected area (each less than a millimeter across), determining that they may been found as of 2022.extraterrestrial origin. A small lake ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Cheko Cheko]]) was suggested to have originated from the impact [[note]]It's absent from 19th century maps (albeit rather inaccurate ones) and appears only from 1929 onward, it has unusual shape, and it's only 8 km from the epicenter[[/note]], but analysis of sediment samples from the lakebed has ruled out this theory[[note]]the theory[[note]]The lake had existed for centuries prior to the blast, and was only missing from maps due to the region being mostly unexplored wilderness[[/note]].

Today, most scientists agree that the Tunguska Event was caused by a meteoroid exploding in mid-air rather than directly impacting. While such air-bursts are common at higher altitudes, they are rarely close enough to Earth's surface to cause damage. There's some debate over whether the exploding space rock came from a comet (which would explain lack of a solid meteorite body) or an asteroid. \n Whichever the case, and even if there technically wasn't a true "impact" from [[ColonyDrop a massive space rock]], the Tunguska Event is identified as the largest impact event in human recorded history on Earth (though much larger impacts have occurred in prehistoric times) -- had the location been different, the explosion of its sheer size could have wiped out a large metropolitan area.
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[[caption-width-right:350:A 1929 photo of trees knocked down by the explosion, remaining over two decades after the event.]]
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* According to the ExpandedUniverse of the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' movies, the event was caused by Shockwave's crash-landing on Earth.

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* According to the ExpandedUniverse of the ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' movies, the event was caused by Shockwave's crash-landing on Earth.
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* In ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', the Beast of Taming landing on Earth caused the Tunguska Event, and Koyanskaya of Darkness recreates it with her [[LimitBreak Noble Phantasm]], Tunguska Nine Drive.
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* The ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic strip "Follow That TARDIS!" has the Doctor being forced at gunpoint to grab a a LeeroyJenkins and his CloserToEarth bookworm of a brother, since the former wants revenge on [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler the Meddling Monk]] for [[SeriousBusiness damaging his car and not paying him]]. When they end up in Tunguska, the hothead decides to clear some space, but instead of a grenade, [[TooDumbToLive he throws a mini-nuke]]. The three barely escape, while the Monk's TARDIS ends up damaged.

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* The ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic strip "Follow That TARDIS!" has the Doctor being forced at gunpoint to grab a a LeeroyJenkins and his CloserToEarth bookworm of a brother, since the former wants revenge on [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler the Meddling Monk]] for [[SeriousBusiness damaging his car and not paying him]]. When they end up in Tunguska, the hothead decides to clear some space, but instead of a grenade, [[TooDumbToLive he throws a mini-nuke]]. The three barely escape, while the Monk's TARDIS ends up damaged.



* Mentioned in''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'' with an incorrect year:

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* Mentioned in''Film/{{Ghostbusters in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'' with an incorrect year:

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