Commissar SFLUFAN Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall... WWW.NATURE.COM Scientific Reports - <ArticleTitle Language="En" OutputMedium="All" xml:lang="en">A Tunguska sized airburst destroyed Tall... Quote We present evidence that in ~ 1650 BCE (~ 3600 years ago), a cosmic airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam, a Middle-Bronze-Age city in the southern Jordan Valley northeast of the Dead Sea. The proposed airburst was larger than the 1908 explosion over Tunguska, Russia, where a ~ 50-m-wide bolide detonated with ~ 1000× more energy than the Hiroshima atomic bomb. A city-wide ~ 1.5-m-thick carbon-and-ash-rich destruction layer contains peak concentrations of shocked quartz (~ 5–10 GPa); melted pottery and mudbricks; diamond-like carbon; soot; Fe- and Si-rich spherules; CaCO3 spherules from melted plaster; and melted platinum, iridium, nickel, gold, silver, zircon, chromite, and quartz. Heating experiments indicate temperatures exceeded 2000 °C. Amid city-side devastation, the airburst demolished 12+ m of the 4-to-5-story palace complex and the massive 4-m-thick mudbrick rampart, while causing extreme disarticulation and skeletal fragmentation in nearby humans. An airburst-related influx of salt (~ 4 wt.%) produced hypersalinity, inhibited agriculture, and caused a ~ 300–600-year-long abandonment of ~ 120 regional settlements within a > 25-km radius. Tall el-Hammam may be the second oldest city/town destroyed by a cosmic airburst/impact, after Abu Hureyra, Syria, and possibly the earliest site with an oral tradition that was written down (Genesis). Tunguska-scale airbursts can devastate entire cities/regions and thus, pose a severe modern-day hazard. A giant space rock demolished an ancient Middle Eastern city and everyone in it – possibly inspiring the Biblical story of Sodom THECONVERSATION.COM New research suggests that fire from the sky in the form of a small asteroid annihilated a city near the Dead Sea 3,600 years ago. Quote As the inhabitants of an ancient Middle Eastern city now called Tall el-Hammam went about their daily business one day about 3,600 years ago, they had no idea an unseen icy space rock was speeding toward them at about 38,000 mph (61,000 kph). Flashing through the atmosphere, the rock exploded in a massive fireball about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) above the ground. The blast was around 1,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima atomic bomb. The shocked city dwellers who stared at it were blinded instantly. Air temperatures rapidly rose above 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit (2,000 degrees Celsius). Clothing and wood immediately burst into flames. Swords, spears, mudbricks and pottery began to melt. Almost immediately, the entire city was on fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 No, no, it was Lot and all of his whoring! Stupid Lot… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 That is rad as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 The sick and twisted part of me wants to witness a city-destroying super-bolide event on the news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 And the pillar of salt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 22 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said: And the pillar of salt? Figure 49 in the report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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