Meteorite crashes into Russia: big explosions, some damage

[Cashmere]

One of the most amazing videos I have ever seen.

http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_02_15/Meteorite-crash-in-Russia-explosions-in-Chelyabinsk/



Other source:

http://rt.com/news/meteorite-crash-urals-chelyabinsk-283/





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MSN, CNN, etc. - no one else seems to have reported this so far.

 

[Zafiro]

End of the world is near but its cool thing to see, never seen a meteor , only stars falling from the sky.

 

[LaArtist]

Thats so damn raw..loved it..
Amazing that it got caught like that near civilization and such a clear sky..

Could have been out in the woods on a cloudy day..

 

[aleks_16]

550 poeple are injured. This is nothing to love or would anybody like to become something like this on the head ?

EDIT: 725 injured poeple

 

[Zafiro]

550 poeple are injured. This is nothing to love or would anybody like to become something like this on the head ?

EDIT: 725 injured poeple

Of course noone want to se hurt people. I didnt know about it. Where did this thing hit?

 

[LaArtist]

Wow i just realized that people got injured..so not really that cool.
Well the phenomenon is epic in itself..
But the outcome is tragic..

 

[aleks_16]

Of course noone want to se hurt people. I didnt know about it. Where did this thing hit?

The place is called Tscheljabinsk near the Ural mountains.