☄️ 118 Years Since The Tunguska Event

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June 30, 2026 4:30pm EDT

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118 years ago today, the sky split in two. That's how one witness described the Tunguska Event, a mysterious explosion over the skies of eastern Siberia. It began as a column of blue light moving through the atmosphere over the Podkamennaya Tunguska River. Minutes later, a flash filled the horizon, and a deafening boom shook the earth.⁠

This phenomenon, recorded on June 30, 1908, would become known as the largest impact event in recorded history. Shockwaves from the blast could be measured from across the globe. An estimated 80 million trees were flattened. For nights after, the skies over Eurasia glowed. As massive as the impact was, much remains mysterious about the Tunguska Event, even down to what exactly caused it.⁠

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Collected at Lake Cheko

Tunguska Event: Surviving Tree

This incredible specimen is a section of wood from a surviving tree of the 1908 Tunguska Event. The material was collected by scientists from the University of Bologna, studying the suspected epicenter of the blast at Lake Cheko. The wood's tree resin and growth rings were used to analyze data about the blast.

We acquired this specimen directly from University of Bologna researchers during the making of the First Edition of the Mini Museum, and it has been a part of our collection ever since.

Two sizes are available: a small fragment presented in an acrylic specimen jar and a large cross-section. This larger specimen includes the growth rings before and after the Tunguska Event in 1908, which is marked with a small removable arrow.

This material is extremely rare. We're excited to share it with you today on the 118th anniversary of the Tunguska Event.