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Big Bang in Tunguska

Big Bang in Tunguska

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 27, 2008

Runtime

0h 50m

Genres

Documentary, History

User Score

74%

Original Title

Das Rätsel von Tunguska

Production Companies

Halbtotal Film

Director

Christoph Schuch

Description

At 7:14 am on 30 June 1908, the largest explosion recorded in human history to date reverberated throughout our planet. The force of the explosion was two thousand times that of the Hiroshima bomb. A woodland area the size of Luxembourg was eradicated in the Siberian taiga. This incident is recorded in history books as the Tunguska catastrophe. To this day, internationally renowned scientists of various disciplines argue about the causes of this disastrous explosion. The documentary discusses the latest and most controversial insights of these leading scientists. It identifies the reasons why Tunguska has evolved into a phenomenon and points out the curious results produced by this mythical event in culture and economy.