Russian city hit by meteorite

CCIP · 02-15-13, 01:48 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116

Apparently, a sizeable meteorite has just exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk.

Some story! I'm following this on Russian news myself, and there's certainly lots of interesting videos and images. Look here for example:

http://zyalt.livejournal.com/722930.html

Check out the shockwave from this thing

Only light injuries and a lot of blown-out windows though. No pieces of the meteorite found yet. They say it most likely exploded about 50km above ground, and came from a fragment of an asteroid that was expected to pass 28,000km from earth today (as reported here earlier: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21442863 ).

02-15-13, 01:48 AM	#1
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Russian city hit by meteorite http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116 Apparently, a sizeable meteorite has just exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk. Some story! I'm following this on Russian news myself, and there's certainly lots of interesting videos and images. Look here for example: http://zyalt.livejournal.com/722930.html Check out the shockwave from this thing Only light injuries and a lot of blown-out windows though. No pieces of the meteorite found yet. They say it most likely exploded about 50km above ground, and came from a fragment of an asteroid that was expected to pass 28,000km from earth today (as reported here earlier: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21442863 ). __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)