Meteor Craters
Meteor Craters
Transcript: When we look at the Moon we are looking in a mirror. The Moon has lived for the same length of time as the ... Read more
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Tunguska
Tunguska
Transcript: On June 30, 1908, an explosion occurred in the skies above Siberia. Reindeer herdsmen were flung into the a... Read more
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