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Crater Could Solve 1908 Tunguska Meteor Mystery

In late June of 1908, a fireball exploded above the remote Russian forests of Tunguska, Siberia, flattening more than 800 square miles of trees. Researchers think a meteor was responsible for the devastation, but neither its fragments nor any impact craters have been discovered. Now think they've found a smoking gun: The 164-foot-deep Lake Cheko,

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