File:Tunguska and Los Angeles (4093217182).jpg

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Tunguska and Los Angeles size comparison

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In the year 1908 the Earth had an encounter a comet or asteroid, probably around 60 meters in size.

The forest destruction caused by this encounter is compared in this illustration with Los Angeles, California. Prepared for NASA by Stephen Paul Meszaros.
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Source Tunguska and Los Angeles
Author Lunar and Planetary Institute from Houston, TX, USA
Camera location52° 39′ 14.04″ N, 102° 46′ 23.16″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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