After having it scanned onto Photo CD, I digitally painted on the impact phenomena This image also appears in the astronomy textbook The Cosmic Perspective. It's unlikely that anything will stop it. These are just a few of the many amazing works that Joe has available for viewing on his website . A mysterious object of cosmic origin exploded above Siberia on June 30, 1908. Known as the Tunguska impact event, it leveled hundreds of miles of forest.
Experts say the object was probably a small comet or, more likely, a stony meteor.
The Russian Mir Space Station has been in service for many years now and is scheduled to be de-orbited on March 6, 2001. The craft will be crashed into the ocean east of Australia.